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Lexicon :: Strong's G2992 - laos

Aa
λαός
Transliteration
laos (Key)
Pronunciation
lah-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:29,499

Trench's Synonyms: xcviii. λαός, ἕθνος, δῆμος, ὄχλος.

Strong’s Definitions

†λαός laós, lah-os'; apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one's own populace):—people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's G2992 in the following manner: people (143x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's G2992 in the following manner: people (143x).

  1. a people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language

  2. of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†λαός laós, lah-os'; apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218, which denotes one's own populace):—people.
STRONGS G2992:
λαός, λαοῦ, ὁ ((cf. Curtius, § 535)); the Sept. more than fifteen hundred times for עַם; rarely for גּוי and לְאֹם; (from Homer down); people;
1. a people, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language: universally, of any people; joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7 (Rec. omits); Revelation 14:6; 17:15 (see γλῶσσα, 2); πάντες οἱ λαοί. 2:31; Romans 15:11; especially of the people of Israel: Matthew 4:23; Matthew 13:15; Mark 7:6; Luke 2:10; John 11:50 (where it alternates with ἔθνος); John 18:14; Acts 3:23; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 7:11, etc.; with Ἰσραήλ added, Acts 4:10; distinguished from τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, Acts 26:17, 23; Romans 15:10; the plural λαοί Ἰσραήλ (R. V. the peoples of Isa.) seems to be used of the tribes of the people (like עַמִּים, Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 32:8; Isaiah 3:13, etc.) in Acts 4:27 (where the plural was apparently occasioned by Psalm 2:1 in its reference to Christ, cf. Acts 4:25); οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ, Matthew 21:23; Matthew 26:3, 47; Matthew 27:1; οἱ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, Matthew 2:4; οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 19:47; τό πρεσβυτέριον τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 22:66; ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ, Acts 4:8. with a genitive of the possessor, τοῦ Θεοῦ, αὐτοῦ, μου (i. e. τοῦ Θεοῦ, Hebrew יְהוָה עַם, הָאֱלֹהִים עַם), the people whom God has chosen for himself, selected as peculiarly his own: Hebrews 11:25; Matthew 2:6; Luke 1:68; Luke 7:16; without the article Jude 1:5 (Sir. 46:7; Wis. 18:13); cf. Winer's Grammar, § 19, 1; the name is transferred to the community of Christians, as that which by the blessing of Christ has come to take the place of the theocratic people of Israel, Hebrews 4:9; Revelation 18:4; particularly to a church of Christians gathered from among the Gentiles, Acts 15:14; Romans 9:25ff; 1 Peter 2:10; with εἰς περιποίησιν added, 1 Peter 2:9; περιούσιος, Titus 2:14, cf. Acts 18:10; Luke 1:17. ὁ λαός the people (of Israel) is distinguished from its princes and rulers ((1 Esdr. 1:10 1 Esdr. 5:45; Judith 8:9, 11; etc.)), Matthew 26:5; Mark 11:32 (here WH Tr marginal reading read ὄχλος); Mark 14:2; Luke 20:19; Luke 22:2; Luke 23:5; Acts 5:26, etc.; from the priests, Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 7:5, 27.
2. indefinitely, of a great part of the population gathered together anywhere: Matthew 27:25; Luke 1:21; Luke 3:15; Luke 7:1, 29; Luke 8:47; Luke 9:13; Luke 18:43, etc.; τό πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, Luke 1:10. (The Gospels of Mark and John use the word but three times each. Synonym: see δῆμος, at the end)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
49:10
Deuteronomy
32:8
Psalms
2:1
Isaiah
3:13
Matthew
2:4; 2:6; 4:23; 13:15; 21:23; 26:3; 26:5; 26:47; 27:1; 27:25
Mark
7:6; 11:32; 14:2
Luke
1:10; 1:17; 1:21; 1:68; 2:10; 3:15; 7:1; 7:16; 7:29; 8:47; 9:13; 18:43; 19:47; 20:19; 22:2; 22:66; 23:5
John
11:50; 18:14
Acts
3:23; 4:8; 4:10; 4:25; 4:27; 5:26; 15:14; 18:10; 26:17; 26:23
Romans
9:25; 15:10; 15:11
Titus
2:14
Hebrews
2:17; 4:9; 5:3; 7:5; 7:11; 7:27; 11:25
1 Peter
2:9; 2:10
Jude
1:5
Revelation
5:9; 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 17:15; 18:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2992 matches the Greek λαός (laos),
which occurs 1,695 times in 1,507 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 31 (Gen 14:16–Exo 8:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Jehovah said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb,
And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels:
And the one people shall be stronger than the other people;
And the elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 -
Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7 - And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12 - And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:16 - And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:30 - and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1 - And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:4 - and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah.

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