Greek · G2992 · unreviewed

λαός

A people (in general; thus differing from , which denotes one's own populace)

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λαός G2992

Pronunciation laós

What does λαός (laós) mean in the Bible?

λαός (laós) is a Greek word meaning "a people (in general; thus differing from , which denotes one's own populace)". λαός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently for עַם, Gen. Affirms that the Lord has chosen people who will respond in faith. This term runs through the canonical themes of Faith.

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Meaning

a people (in general; thus differing from , which denotes one's own populace)

Extended definition

A people unified by race and language, especially Israel as God's covenant people, distinct from nations.

a word rarely found in Att. prose;

1the people at large (Hom., al.), esp. of people assembled: Mat.27:25, Luk.1:21 3:15 al.; pl. (Hom., al., π.; see MM, xvi), Act.4:27.

2a people, those of the same race and language (Pind., Æsch., al.: in LXX, Gen.26:11, Exo.9:16, al.): joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, Rev.5:9 7:9 11:9, al.; pl., Luk.2:31, Rom.15:11; esp. as almost always in LXX, of Israel, Mat.4:23, Mrk.7:6, Luk.2:10, Jhn.11:50, Heb.2:17, al.; opposite to τ. ἔθνη, Act.26:17, 23 Rom.15:10; πρεσβύτεροι (πρῶτοι, etc.) τοῦ λ., Mat.21:23, Luk.19:17, Act.4:8, al.; ὁ λ. μου (αὐτοῦ, τ. θεοῦ), Mat.2:6, Luk.1:68, Heb.11:25, al.; of the people disting. from the rulers and priests ( I Est.1:10, Jdth.8:9, al.), Mat.26:5, Luk.20:19, Heb.5:3, al.; of Christians, as the people of God, Act.15:14, Rom.9:25, 26 Heb.4:9; περιούσιος, Tit.2:14; εἰς περιποίησιν, 1Pe.2:9 (LXX).

Synonymssee: δῆμος.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Why This Word Matters

Affirms that the Lord has chosen people who will respond in faith. Acts 18:5-11

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:16 · Matt 15:8 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 7:6 · Luke 1:21 · Luke 7:29 · Luke 18:43 · Luke 19:48 · Luke 20:6 · Luke 21:38 · Luke 23:35 · Acts 3:9 · Acts 3:11 · Acts 5:13 · Acts 7:17 · Acts 18:10 24×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 4:25 · Rom 15:11 · Rev 17:15 · Rev 21:3 4×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:4 · Matt 13:15 · Matt 21:23 · Matt 26:3 · Matt 26:47 · Matt 27:1 · Mark 14:2 · Luke 1:10 · Luke 2:32 · Luke 3:15 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 7:1 · Luke 8:47 · Luke 19:47 · Luke 20:26 · Luke 20:45 38×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 2:31 · Rev 7:9 · Rev 11:9 3×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:23 · Matt 26:5 · Matt 27:64 · Luke 1:68 · Luke 1:77 · Luke 2:10 · Luke 21:23 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 5:12 · Acts 5:20 · Acts 5:34 · Acts 6:8 · Acts 10:2 · Acts 10:41 · Acts 10:42 · Acts 12:4 26×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 4:27 · Rev 10:11 2×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:21 · Matt 2:6 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 3:18 · Luke 3:21 · Luke 7:16 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 20:1 · Luke 20:9 · Luke 20:19 · Luke 22:2 · Luke 23:5 · Luke 23:13 · Luke 23:14 · Acts 2:47 · Acts 3:12 44×

Canonical Themes

Faith

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses

Acts 18:5-11 People laós Nominative · Singular · Masculine

A people or community.

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 15 — The Gospel of Grace Clarified and the Gentiles Received Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World Matthew 1 — The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus the Messiah Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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