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
| 1 Peter 2:9 | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. |
| 1 Peter 2:10 | At one time you were not a people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc), but now you are the people (laos | λαός | nom sg masc) of God. You were shown no mercy, but now have received mercy. |
| 2 Peter 2:1 | But there were also false prophets among the people (laō | λαῷ | dat sg masc), just as there will be false teachers among you, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. |
| Jude 1:5 | Now I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having saved his people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc) out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. |
| Revelation 5:9 | And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe, language, people (laou | λαοῦ | gen sg masc), and nation. |
| Revelation 7:9 | After this I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count, people from every nation, tribe, cultural group (laōn | λαῶν | gen pl masc), and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, |
| Revelation 10:11 | Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples (laois | λαοῖς | dat pl masc) and nations and languages and kings.” |
| Revelation 11:9 | For three and a half days those from every people (laōn | λαῶν | gen pl masc) and tribe and language and nation will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb. |
| Revelation 13:7 | The beast was allowed to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe and people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc) and language and nation. |
| Revelation 14:6 | Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth — to every nation, tribe, language, and people (laon | λαόν | acc sg masc). |
| Revelation 17:15 | Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples (laoi | λαοί | nom pl masc), multitudes, nations, and languages. |
| Revelation 18:4 | Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people (laos | λαός | voc sg masc), lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive her plagues; |
| Revelation 21:3 | And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people (laoi | λαοί | nom pl masc), and he will be with them as their God. |
