plēthos · crowd, great number

What it means

plēthos (πλῆθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “crowd, great number”.

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. So many things together that they cannot easily be counted.
2. Many persons gathered.

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

How it is translated

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

• multitude ×24
• number ×3
• bundle ×1
• crowd ×1
• multitudes ×1
• people ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Mark×2
• Luke×8
• John×2
• Acts×16
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Mark 3:7

  And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea

• Mark 3:8

  and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing all that he was doing, came to him.

• Luke 1:10

  And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.

• Luke 2:13

  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,

• Luke 5:6

  And when they had done this, they enclosed a great number of fish, and their nets were tearing.

• Luke 6:17

  And coming down with them, he stood on a level place, and there was a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coast of Tyre and Sidon,

• Luke 8:37

  And all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to go away from them, because they were gripped with great fear. So he got into a boat and returned.

• Luke 19:37

  And as he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing and praising God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

• Luke 23:1

  And the whole multitude of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

• Luke 23:27

  And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.

• John 5:3

  In these lay a multitude of the sick: blind, lame, withered.

• John 21:6

  And he said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and they were no longer able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

• Acts 2:6

  And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language.

• Acts 4:32

  And the multitude of those who had believed was of one heart and soul, and not even one said that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

• Acts 5:14

  And more than ever believers were being added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

• Acts 5:16

  And the multitude from the cities around Jerusalem also were coming together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who all were being healed.

• Acts 6:2

  So the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

• Acts 6:5

  And the matter pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

• Acts 14:1

  Now it happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

• Acts 14:4

  But the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

• Acts 15:12

  And all the multitude fell silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they described how many signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

• Acts 15:30

  So they, when they were sent off, went down to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude, they delivered the letter.

• Acts 17:4

  And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and so did a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women.

• Acts 19:9

  But when some were hardened and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

• Acts 21:36

  for the multitude of the people was following, crying out, “Away with him!”

• Acts 23:7

  And when he said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.

• Acts 25:24

  And Festus says, “King Agrippa, and all you men who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

• Acts 28:3

  And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

• Hebrews 11:12

  Therefore also from one man, and that a man as good as dead, there were born descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and as the countless sand by the shore of the sea.

• James 5:20

  let him know that whoever turns back a sinner from the wandering of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

• 1 Peter 4:8

  Above all, have earnest love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.