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ὄχλος

Vocabulary form: 
o[cloV, -ou, oJ
Definition: 

crowd, multitude

Erasmian: 
Modern: 
Frequency: 
175
GK: 
4063
Root: 
ojclo
Cognates: 

Ochlocracy is mob rule.

Mnemonics: 

When you are in a crowd, you are close.

Mnemonics

Submitted by LK11421 on Tue, 2022-09-13 13:38

'Ox Loss' is when the OX gets LOSt in a CROWD

Submitted by ALeal on Sun, 2023-11-12 19:17

O-Chlos-ter (A Cluster) of people is a crowd

Biblical Concordance

Acts 14:11 And the crowds (ochloi | ὄχλοι | nom pl masc), seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, saying in the dialect of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
Acts 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifice along with the crowds (ochlois | ὄχλοις | dat pl masc).
Acts 14:14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes, rushed out into the crowd (ochlon | ὄχλον | acc sg masc), and shouted,
Acts 14:18 Even saying these things, they barely restrained the crowds (ochlous | ὄχλους | acc pl masc) from offering sacrifice to them.
Acts 14:19 But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowd (ochlous | ὄχλους | acc pl masc) they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking him to be dead.
Acts 16:22 The crowd (ochlos | ὄχλος | nom sg masc) joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
Acts 17:8 And they stirred up the people (ochlon | ὄχλον | acc sg masc) and the city authorities who heard these things.
Acts 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that also in Berea the word of God was proclaimed by Paul, they came there too, inciting and stirring up the crowds (ochlous | ὄχλους | acc pl masc).
Acts 19:26 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number (ochlon | ὄχλον | acc sg masc) of people, saying that gods made by hand are not gods at all.
Acts 19:33 And some of the crowd (ochlou | ὄχλου | gen sg masc) prompted Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the crowd.
Acts 19:35 And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd (ochlon | ὄχλον | acc sg masc), he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
Acts 21:27 When the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd (ochlon | ὄχλον | acc sg masc) and laid hands on him,
Acts 21:34 Some in the crowd (ochlō | ὄχλῳ | dat sg masc) were shouting one thing, some another, and since he was unable to find out the truth because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
Acts 21:35 When he got to the stairs, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob (ochlou | ὄχλου | gen sg masc),
Acts 24:12 and they did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd (ochlou | ὄχλου | gen sg masc), either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.
Acts 24:18 which I was doing when they found me, ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd (ochlou | ὄχλου | gen sg masc) and without a commotion.
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and behold, a vast multitude (ochlos | ὄχλος | nom sg masc) that no one could count, people from every nation, tribe, cultural group, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes (ochloi | ὄχλοι | nom pl masc), nations, and languages.
Revelation 19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great throng (ochlou | ὄχλου | gen sg masc) in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Revelation 19:6 Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a great multitude (ochlou | ὄχλου | gen sg masc) — it was like the roar of many waters, like the sound of crashing thunder — crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns!

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