multitude

Greek, Noun, Neuter

πλῆθος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc;] 1) a great number, a multitude; (a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk.5:6, Jhn.21:6; φρυγάνων, Act.28:3; ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Heb.11:12; (b) of persons: Act.21:22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk.2:13, Jhn.5:3, Act.5:14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mrk.3:7-8; id. with genitive, Luk.6:17 23:27, Act.14:1 17:4 2) Of persons, with art, the whole number, the multitude (in Plat, Thuc, Xen, al, = δῆμος, the commons, or-opp. to δῆμος-the populace): Act.2:6 15:30 19:9 23:7; τ. λαοῦ, Act.21:36; τ. πόλεως, Act.14:4; πᾶν τὸ π, Act.15:12; with genitive, Luk.1:10 8:37 19:37 23:1, Act.4:32 5:16 6:2, 5 25:24. (AS)

multitude

Greek, Noun, Neuter

πλῆθος, εος, τό, Doric dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+] πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect πλεῖθος [Refs]; pseudo-Doric dialect and pseudo-Aeolic dialect πλᾶθος [Refs 1st c.BC+] see at {πίμπλημι}):—great number, multitude, especially of people, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; στρατοῦ π, periphrastic for στρατὸς πολύς, [Refs]; ὡς πλήθει for the mass of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) τὸ π. the greater number, the mass, main body, τὸ π. τοῦ στρατοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τῆς ψυχῆς the largest part of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as Noun of Multitude with plural Verb, Ἀθηναίων τὸ π. οἴονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν the majority,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ π. by a majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, people, population, σμικρὸν τὸ π. τῆσδε γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) the commons, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of the popular assembly, τὸ ὑμέτερον π, τὸ π. τὸ ὑμέτερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἐρυθραίων τῷ π, Ἀθηναίων τοῦ π, [Refs]; = Latin plebs, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also, association, corporation, or guild, τὸ π. τὸ Ἁλιαδᾶν [Refs]; τὸ τῶν Πανιαστῶν π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. τῶν ἁλιέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸ π. τῶν μαχαιροφόρων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; opposed to αἱ ἀρχαί, οἱ ὀλίγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, populace, mob, opposed to δῆμος (commons), [Refs 5th c.BC+] the masses, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) quantity or number, πόσον π. ἦν νεῶν Ἑλληνίδω; [Refs 5th c.BC+]in force, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) magnitude, size, or extent, [ὄρος] πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον[Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) in Attic dialect, of quantity or amount, διὰ π. τῆς ζημίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]multa sudans, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ παρακείμενον π. the amount entered against each, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of money, τὸ ἴσον π. [Refs]: in plural, quantities, ἐμβρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) more than enough, π. φέρειν [LXX] III.4) plurality, opposed to ἕν, [Refs 5th c.AD+] IV) of Time, length, χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) with Preps, or adverbs, ἐς π. in great numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ πλῆθος a large number at a time, [Refs]usually, mostly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace; bundle, company, multitude; from g4130 (πλήθω);