What does ὄχλος · πολύς mean in the Bible?
ὄχλος · πολύς is a Greek phrase meaning "large crowds, many crowds".
Greek · G3793, G4183
ὄχλοι πολλοί
Crowd · much
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ὄχλος G3793 crowd
Pronunciation óchlos
A disorganized throng of common people, often contrasted with organized civic structures or leadership.
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πολύς G4183 much
Pronunciation polýs
Quantifies magnitude across all dimensions: number, space, degree, value, time, and importance.
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What does ὄχλοι πολλοί (ochloi polloi) mean in the Bible?
ὄχλος · πολύς is a Greek phrase meaning "large crowds, many crowds".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3793, G4183?
G3793, G4183 is connected to 174 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. large crowds, many crowds
Source Gloss
large crowds, many crowds
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 174 Case pattern Nominative (73) Number pattern Singular (117)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:25 · Matt 13:2 · Matt 20:29 · Matt 20:31 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 26:47 · Mark 2:13 · Mark 3:20 · Mark 3:32 · Mark 4:1 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:24 · Mark 9:15 · Mark 9:25 · Mark 11:18 · Mark 12:37 46×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:25 · Matt 7:28 · Matt 8:1 · Matt 9:8 · Matt 9:33 · Matt 12:23 · Matt 13:2 · Matt 14:13 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 19:2 · Matt 21:9 · Matt 21:11 · Matt 22:33 · Mark 10:1 · Luke 3:10 · Luke 4:42 27×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:24 · Mark 7:17 · Mark 7:33 · Mark 8:1 · Mark 9:17 · Mark 10:46 · Luke 8:4 · Luke 9:38 · Luke 11:27 · Luke 12:1 · Luke 12:13 · Luke 18:36 · Luke 19:3 · Luke 19:39 · Luke 22:6 · John 5:13 25×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 11:29 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 15:35 · Matt 27:15 · Mark 5:27 · Mark 5:30 · Mark 8:6 · Mark 15:15 · Luke 7:9 · Luke 9:16 · Luke 13:14 · John 7:43 · Acts 21:34 12×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 11:7 · Matt 12:46 · Matt 13:34 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 15:36 · Matt 23:1 · Matt 26:55 · Luke 3:7 · Luke 12:54 · John 7:12 · Acts 14:13 11×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:23 · Matt 14:5 · Matt 14:14 · Matt 15:10 · Matt 15:31 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 15:33 · Matt 17:14 · Matt 21:26 · Mark 2:4 · Mark 3:9 · Mark 4:36 · Mark 5:31 · Mark 6:34 · Mark 6:45 · Mark 7:14 34×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:1 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 9:36 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 14:15 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 14:22 · Matt 14:23 · Matt 15:39 · Matt 21:46 · Matt 27:20 · Luke 5:3 · Luke 7:24 · Luke 23:4 · Acts 13:45 · Acts 14:18 18×
Word Origins
ὄχλοι πολλοί is built from this root:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain