Strong's Concordance laos: the people Original Word: λαός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: laos Phonetic Spelling: (lah-os') Short Definition: a people, the crowd Definition: (a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd. HELPS Word-studies 2992 laós (the root of the English term, "laity") – a people, particularly used of "the people of the Lord" (= Heb ʽam). 2992 (laos) is the usual term for "the people of God" and thus typically used in the LXX (OT) and the Gospels, for believing Israel (Jews). Example: Heb 4:9: "So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people (2992 /laós) of God" (NASU). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2992: λαόςλαός, 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); 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) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance people. Apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from demos, which denotes one's own populace) -- people. see GREEK demos Forms and Transliterations λαοι λαοί λαοὶ λαοις λαοίς λαοῖς λαον λαόν λαὸν λαος λαός λαὸς λαου λαού λαοῦ λαόυ λαούς λαω λαώ λαῷ λαων λαών λαῶν lao laō laoi laoí laoì laôi laō̂i laois laoîs laon laón laòn laôn laōn laō̂n laos laós laòs laou laoûLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2992142 Occurrences λαῷ — 26 Occ. λαῶν — 3 Occ. λαοὶ — 4 Occ. λαοῖς — 2 Occ. λαὸν — 44 Occ. λαὸς — 25 Occ. λαοῦ — 38 Occ. Matthew 1:21 N-AMS GRK: σώσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ NAS: for He will save His people from their sins. KJV: shall save his people from their INT: will save the people of him from Matthew 2:4 N-GMS Matthew 2:6 N-AMS Matthew 4:16 N-NMS Matthew 4:23 N-DMS Matthew 13:15 N-GMS Matthew 15:8 N-NMS Matthew 21:23 N-GMS Matthew 26:3 N-GMS Matthew 26:5 N-DMS Matthew 26:47 N-GMS Matthew 27:1 N-GMS Matthew 27:25 N-NMS Matthew 27:64 N-DMS Mark 7:6 N-NMS Mark 14:2 N-GMS Luke 1:10 N-GMS Luke 1:17 N-AMS Luke 1:21 N-NMS Luke 1:68 N-DMS Luke 1:77 N-DMS Luke 2:10 N-DMS Luke 2:31 N-GMP Luke 2:32 N-GMS Luke 3:15 N-GMS |