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GreekG4128Noun (Neuter)

πλῆθος

plēthos

32Occurrences
G4128Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace

from G4130 (πλήθω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a great number, a multitude
(a)of things
(b)of persons
2.Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace)
LXX: chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

πλῆθος appears 32 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
17
Luke
8
John
2
Mark
2
1 Peter
1
Hebrews
1
James
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 4:8BSB

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Acts 19:9BSB

But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 28:3BSB

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

Hebrews 11:12BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Luke 2:13BSB

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.