Definition:
ὄχλος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for הָמוֹן (chiefly in Da TH), קָהָל,חַיִל, etc;] 1) a moving crowd or multitude of persons, a throng: Mat.9:23, Mrk.2:4, Luk.5:1, Jhn.5:13, al; pl, Mat.5:1, Mrk.10:1, Luk.3:7, and freq; ὄ. ἱκανός, Mrk.10:46, al; τοσοῦτος, Mat.15:33; οὐ μετ᾽ ὄχλου, Act.24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου, Luk.22:6; πᾶς ὁ ὄ, Mat.13:2, Mrk.2:13, al; ὄ. πολύς, Mat.20:29, Mrk.5:21, al; ὁ πολὺς ὄ. (ὄ. π.), the populace, the common people, Mrk.12:37 (Swete, in l; Field, Notes, 37), Jhn.12:9 (Westc, in l.). 2) (As also cl, opposite to δῆμος, which see, and cf. Tr, Syn., §xcviii), the populace, the common people (cf. ὁ πολὺς ὄ, supr.), Mat.14:5 21:26, Mrk.12:12, Jhn.7:12 b; so with contempt (cl.), Jhn.7:49. In a more general sense, a multitude: with genitive, ὀνομάτων (see: ὀ.), Act.1:15; μαθητῶν, Luk.6:17, al. (AS)
Definition:
ὄχλος, ὁ,
crowd, throng, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν the
mass of the soldiers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄχλῳ in
numbers (for an army), [
Refs]; οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ.
undisciplined masses like these,[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of
the camp-followers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) in political sense,
populace, mob, opposed to δῆμος (
people), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ. and
popular assemblies (in a contemptuous sense), [
Refs 5th c.BC+] this is already
in the mouths of the people, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
3) generally,
mass, multitude, ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵππων ὄ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural,
the masses, καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
annoyance, trouble, σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄχλον παρέχειν to give
trouble, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become
troublesome, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]