Midvash

ὄχλοςóchlos

a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot

Greek (New Testament) · G3793

Meanings

1. a moving crowd or multitude of persons, a throng: Matthew 9:23, Mark 2:4, Luke 5:1, John 5:13, and elsewhere; plural, Matthew 5:1, Mark 10:1, Luke 3:7, and frequently; ὄ. ἱκανός, Mark 10:46, and elsewhere; τοσοῦτος, Matthew 15:33; οὐ μετ’ ὄχλου, Acts 24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου, Luke 22:6; πᾶς ὁ ὄ., Matthew 13:2, Mark 2:13, and elsewhere; ὄ. πολύς (π. ὄ), Matthew 20:29, Mark 5:21, and elsewhere; ὁ πολὺς ὄ. (ὄ. π.), the populace, the common people, Mark 12:37, John 12:9.

2. (As also classical Greek, opposed to δῆμος, see that word, and cf. Tr., Syn., § xcviii), the populace, the common people (cf. ὁ πολὺς ὄ., supr.), Matthew 14:5, Matthew 21:26, Mark 12:12, John 7:12; so with contempt (classical Greek), John 7:49. In a more general sense, a multitude: with genitive, ὀνομάτων (see ὀ.), Acts 1:15; μαθητῶν, Luke 6:17, and elsewhere

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 175 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 4:25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
  • Matthew 5:1 One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,
  • Matthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
  • Matthew 8:1 Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside.
  • Matthew 8:18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
  • Matthew 9:8 Fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen. And they praised God for giving humans such authority.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.