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Lexicon :: Strong's G4128 - plēthos

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πλῆθος
Transliteration
plēthos (Key)
Pronunciation
play'-thos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:274,866

Strong’s Definitions

πλῆθος plēthos, play'-thos; from G4130; a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace:—bundle, company, multitude.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G4128 in the following manner: multitude (30x), company (1x), bundle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G4128 in the following manner: multitude (30x), company (1x), bundle (1x).

  1. a multitude

    1. a great number, of men or things

    2. the whole number, the whole multitude, the assemblage

      1. the multitude of the people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλῆθος plēthos, play'-thos; from G4130; a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace:—bundle, company, multitude.
STRONGS G4128:
πλῆθος, πλήθους, τό (ΠΛΑΩ), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for רֹב, often for הָמון; a multitude, i. e.
a. a great number, namely, of men or things: Acts 21:22 (not Tr WH); Hebrews 11:12 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114) n.); with πολύ added, Mark 3:7, 8; πλῆθος with a genitive, Luke 2:13; John 21:6; Acts 5:14; Acts 28:3 (A. V. bundle (L T Tr WH add τί)); James 5:20; 1 Peter 4:8; πολύ πλῆθος and πλῆθος πολύ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 2) with a genitive, Luke 5:6; Luke 11:17; Luke 23:27; John 5:3 (here L brackets G T Tr WH omit πολύ); Acts 14:1; Acts 17:4.
b. with the article, the whole number, the whole multitude; the assemblage: Acts 15:30; Acts 23:7; τοῦ λαοῦ, Acts 21:36; πᾶν τό πλῆθος, Acts 15:12; with a genitive, Luke 1:10; (Luke 8:37 (τῆς περιχώρου); Luke 19:37); Luke 23:1; Acts (Acts 4:32); Acts 5:16; (Acts 6:2,5); Acts 25:24; the multitude of people, Acts 2:6; Acts 19:9; with τῆς πόλεως added, Acts 14:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
3:7; 3:8
Luke
1:10; 2:13; 5:6; 8:37; 11:17; 19:37; 23:1; 23:27
John
5:3; 21:6
Acts
2:6; 4:32; 5:14; 5:16; 6:2; 6:5; 14:1; 14:4; 15:12; 15:30; 17:4; 19:9; 21:22; 21:36; 23:7; 25:24; 28:3
Hebrews
11:12
James
5:20
1 Peter
4:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4128 matches the Greek πλῆθος (plēthos),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:7 - Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:8 - and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:10 - And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:13 - And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:6 - And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:17 - And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:37 - Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37 - As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:1 - Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:27 - And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:6 - He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:6 - And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:32 - Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:14 - And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:1 - Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:30 - So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:4 - And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9 - But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:36 - for the mob of the people followed, crying out, “Away with him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:7 - And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:3 - When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:20 - let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
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