The meaning of “πλῆθος”
Understanding plēthos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bundle, company, multitude. - a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace
πλῆθος
bundle, company, multitude. - a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Mark 3:8 | “And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.” Word: πλῆθος (plēthos) | |
| Luke 8:37 | “Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.” Word: πλῆθος (plēthos) | |
| John 21:6 | “And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.” Word: πλῆθος (plēthos) | |
| Acts 15:12 | “Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.” Word: πλῆθος (plēthos) | |
| Hebrews 11:12 | “Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.” Word: πλῆθος (plēthos) |