Gloss
people, crowd; often denotes the people of God (either Israel or, by extension, the Christian church)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
λαός, -οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration
laos
Simplified transliteration
laos
Numbers
Strong's number
2992
GK Number
3295
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
142
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for λαός
| Luke 23:35 | The people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!” |
| Luke 24:19 | And he said to them, “What things?” They answered him, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people (laou | λαοῦ | gen sg masc), |
| John 8:2 | Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) were coming to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. |
| John 11:50 | Nor do you not realize that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people (laou | λαοῦ | gen sg masc) and that the whole nation should not perish?” |
| John 18:14 | Caiaphas was the man who had advised the Jews that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people (laou | λαοῦ | gen sg masc). |
| Acts 2:47 | praising God, and finding favor with all the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc). And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. |
| Acts 3:9 | And all the people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) saw him walking and praising God, |
| Acts 3:11 | While he clung to Peter and John, all the people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico, utterly astounded. |
| Acts 3:12 | When Peter saw this, he replied to the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc), “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? |
| Acts 3:23 | And it will be that every soul who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.’ (laou | λαοῦ | gen sg masc) |
| Acts 4:1 | And as they were speaking to the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc), the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees moved in on them, |
| Acts 4:2 | greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc) and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. |
| Acts 4:8 | Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people (laou | λαοῦ | gen sg masc) and elders, |
| Acts 4:10 | let it be known to you all and to all the people (laō | λαῷ | dat sg masc) of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you healthy. |
| Acts 4:17 | But that it may spread no further among the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc), let us warn them no longer to speak in this name to anyone among men.” |
| Acts 4:21 | And when they had threatened them further, they let them go, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc), since they all were praising God for what had happened. |
| Acts 4:25 | who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, by the Holy Spirit did say, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples (laoi | λαοί | nom pl masc) devise vain schemes? |
| Acts 4:27 | For truly there were gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples (laois | λαοῖς | dat pl masc) of Israel, |
| Acts 5:12 | By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were being done among the people (laō | λαῷ | dat sg masc). And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. |
| Acts 5:13 | But of the others no one dared to join them; however, the people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) held them in high regard, |
| Acts 5:20 | “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people (laō | λαῷ | dat sg masc) all the words of this life.” |
| Acts 5:25 | And someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men whom you put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc) |
| Acts 5:26 | Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, but not with force, for they feared the people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc), lest they be stoned. |
| Acts 5:34 | But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people (laō | λαῷ | dat sg masc), and he ordered them to put the men outside for a short time. |
| Acts 5:37 | After him rose up Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census and mislead people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc), so that they followed him. He too perished, and all, as many as followed him, were scattered. |
