ochlos · crowd

What it means

ochlos (ὄχλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “crowd”.

Throng; the people.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A lot of people together.
2. Ordinary people.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Crowd, throng; the common people.

• The crowds that follow Jesus Mark 6:34Luke 5:1
• Jesus teaches the crowd Luke 5:3Mark 7:14
• The crowd that asks for Barabbas Mark 15:11Mark 15:15
• “A large crowd” Luke 6:17Mark 8:1

How we translate it

“Crowd” 117 times, “crowds” 57. English keeps “crowd” throughout, both for a large gathering and for the people in general; “multitude” is left for πλῆθος (“a great multitude of the people”, Luke 6:17).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• crowd ×117
• crowds ×57

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×49
• Mark×38
• Luke×41
• John×20
• Acts×22
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 4:25

  And large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.

• Matthew 5:1

  Now seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

• Matthew 7:28

  And it happened when Jesus finished these words that the crowds were astonished at his teaching;

• Matthew 8:1

  When he had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

• Matthew 8:18

  Now seeing large crowds around him, Jesus gave orders to go away to the other side.

• Matthew 9:8

  Seeing it, the crowds were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.

• Matthew 9:23

  And Jesus, coming into the ruler’s house and seeing the flute players and the crowd in an uproar,

• Matthew 9:25

  But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took hold of her hand, and the girl got up.

• Matthew 9:33

  And when the demon had been driven out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, saying, “Never has anything been seen like this in Israel!”

• Matthew 9:36

  Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd.

• Matthew 11:7

  As these were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

• Matthew 12:23

  And all the crowds were astounded and were saying, “This is not the Son of David, is he?”

• Matthew 12:46

  While he was still speaking to the crowds, look, his mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to him.

• Matthew 13:2

  And large crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd was standing on the shore.

• Matthew 13:34

  All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he was telling them nothing,

• Matthew 13:36

  Then leaving the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.”

• Matthew 14:5

  And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him to be a prophet.

• Matthew 14:13

  Hearing this, Jesus withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself; and when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

• Matthew 14:14

  And going ashore, he saw a large crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick.

• Matthew 14:15

  When evening came, the disciples came to him, saying, “The place is deserted, and the hour has already passed; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

• Matthew 14:19

  And ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed; and breaking them, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

• Matthew 14:22

  And at once he made the disciples get into a boat and go ahead of him to the other side, until he sent the crowds away.

• Matthew 14:23

  And after sending the crowds away, he went up onto the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

• Matthew 15:10

  And summoning the crowd, he said to them, “Listen and understand:

• Matthew 15:30

  And many crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, maimed, and many others, and they set them at his feet; and he healed them,

• Matthew 15:31

  so that the crowd was amazed seeing the mute speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

• Matthew 15:32

  And Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been staying with me three days already and they do not have anything to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

• Matthew 15:33

  And the disciples say to him, “Where would we get so many loaves in a desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

• Matthew 15:35

  And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

• Matthew 15:36

  he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and was giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.

• Matthew 15:39

  And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.

• Matthew 17:14

  And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, kneeling before him

• Matthew 19:2

  And many crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

• Matthew 20:29

  And as they were going out from Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

• Matthew 20:31

  But the crowd rebuked them so that they would be silent; but they cried out louder, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 21:8

  And most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

• Matthew 21:9

  And the crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were crying out, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

• Matthew 21:11

  And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth of Galilee.”

• Matthew 21:26

  But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet.”

• Matthew 21:46

  And although they were seeking to seize him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

And 134 more times.