Greek word study

λαόςlaós a people, the crowd

(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.

Translated in the King James as: people

Appears 141 times in Scripture

Origin: apparently a primary word;

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Where it appears

Matthew 14×
Matt 1:21Matt 2:4Matt 2:6Matt 4:16Matt 4:23Matt 13:15Matt 15:8Matt 21:23Matt 26:3Matt 26:5Matt 26:47Matt 27:1Matt 27:25Matt 27:64
Mark 2×
Mark 7:6Mark 14:2
Luke 36×
Luke 1:10Luke 1:17Luke 1:21Luke 1:68Luke 1:77Luke 2:10Luke 2:31Luke 2:32Luke 3:15Luke 3:18Luke 3:21Luke 6:17Luke 7:1Luke 7:16Luke 7:29Luke 8:47Luke 9:13Luke 18:43Luke 19:47Luke 19:48Luke 20:1Luke 20:6Luke 20:9Luke 20:19Luke 20:26+ 11 more in Luke
John 3×
John 8:2John 11:50John 18:14
Acts 48×
Acts 2:47Acts 3:9Acts 3:11Acts 3:12Acts 3:23Acts 4:1Acts 4:2Acts 4:8Acts 4:10Acts 4:17Acts 4:21Acts 4:25Acts 4:27Acts 5:12Acts 5:13Acts 5:20Acts 5:25Acts 5:26Acts 5:34Acts 5:37Acts 6:8Acts 6:12Acts 7:17Acts 7:34Acts 10:2+ 23 more in Acts
Romans 8×
Rom 9:25Rom 9:26Rom 10:21Rom 11:1Rom 11:2Rom 15:10Rom 15:11+ 1 more in Romans
1 Corinthians 2×
1 Cor 10:71 Cor 14:21
2 Corinthians 1×
2 Cor 6:16
Titus 1×
Titus 2:14
Hebrews 12×
Heb 2:17Heb 4:9Heb 5:3Heb 7:5Heb 7:11Heb 7:27Heb 8:10Heb 9:19Heb 10:30Heb 11:25Heb 13:12+ 1 more in Hebrews
1 Peter 3×
1 Pet 2:91 Pet 2:10+ 1 more in 1 Peter
2 Peter 1×
2 Pet 2:1
Jude 1×
Jude 1:5
Revelation 9×
Rev 5:9Rev 7:9Rev 10:11Rev 11:9Rev 13:7Rev 14:6Rev 17:15Rev 18:4Rev 21:3

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.