4128. pléthos

Lexicon

pléthos: Multitude, crowd, great number, fullness

Original Word: πλῆθος
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: pléthos
Pronunciation: PLAY-thos
Phonetic Spelling: (play'-thos)
Definition: Multitude, crowd, great number, fullness
Meaning: a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

company, multitude.

From pletho; a fulness, i.e. A large number, throng, populace -- bundle, company, multitude.

see GREEK pletho

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from pléthó (to be full)
Definition
a great number
NASB Translation
assembly (1), body (1), bundle (1), congregation (4), crowd (3), great number (1), multitude (7), multitudes (1), number (1), number of people (2), people (6), quantity (1), throng (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4128: πλῆθος

πλῆθος, πλήθους, τό (ΠΛΑΩ), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for רֹב, often for הָמון; a multitude, i. e.

a. a great number, namely, of men or things: Acts 21:22 (not Tr WH); Hebrews 11:12 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114) n.); with πολύ added, Mark 3:7, 8; πλῆθος with a genitive, Luke 2:13; John 21:6; Acts 5:14; Acts 28:3 (A. V. bundle (L T Tr WH add τί)); James 5:20; 1 Peter 4:8; πολύ πλῆθος and πλῆθος πολύ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 2) with a genitive, Luke 5:6; Luke 11:17; Luke 23:27; John 5:3 (here L brackets G T Tr WH omit πολύ); Acts 14:1; Acts 17:4.

b. with the article, the whole number, the whole multitude; the assemblage: Acts 15:30; Acts 23:7; τοῦ λαοῦ, Acts 21:36; πᾶν τό πλῆθος, Acts 15:12; with a genitive, Luke 1:10; (Luke 8:37 (τῆς περιχώρου); ); ; Acts (); ; (); ; the multitude of people, Acts 2:6; Acts 19:9; with τῆς πόλεως added, Acts 14:4.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb πίμπλημι (pimplēmi), meaning "to fill" or "to be full."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek "πλῆθος" can be compared to several Hebrew terms that convey similar meanings of multitude or abundance, such as:
• Strong's Hebrew 7230 (רֹב, rov): meaning "multitude" or "abundance."
• Strong's Hebrew 1995 (הָמוֹן, hamon): meaning "multitude" or "crowd."
• Strong's Hebrew 4393 (מְלֹא, melo): meaning "fullness" or "that which fills."

These Hebrew terms, like "πλῆθος," are used throughout the Old Testament to describe large groups, quantities, or the fullness of something, often in contexts of divine blessing or provision.

Usage: In the New Testament, "πλῆθος" is used to describe large gatherings of people, the abundance of possessions, or the fullness of a particular measure. It appears in various contexts, often emphasizing the magnitude or extent of something.

Context: The Greek word "πλῆθος" is frequently encountered in the New Testament, where it is used to convey the idea of a large number or multitude. This term is often employed in the Gospels and Acts to describe crowds that gathered around Jesus or the apostles. For example, in Luke 5:6, it is used to describe the "large number of fish" caught by the disciples: "When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear."

In Acts 4:32, "πλῆθος" is used to describe the community of believers: "All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned." Here, it emphasizes the unity and collective nature of the early Christian community.

The term also appears in contexts highlighting abundance or fullness, such as in Romans 5:17, where it refers to the "abundance of grace" given through Jesus Christ: "For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!"

Overall, "πλῆθος" serves to underscore the vastness or completeness of a group, quantity, or concept, often with a positive connotation of abundance or blessing.

Forms and Transliterations

πληθει πλήθει πληθη πλήθη πληθος πληθός πλήθος πλήθός πλῆθος πληθους πλήθους plethe plēthē plḗthe plḗthē plethei plēthei plḗthei plethos plêthos plēthos plē̂thos plethous plēthous plḗthous

Englishman's Concordance

Mark 3:7 N-NNS
GRK: καὶ πολὺ πλῆθος ἀπὸ τῆς
NAS: and a great multitude from Galilee
KJV: and a great multitude from Galilee
INT: and great multitude from

Mark 3:8 N-NNS
GRK: καὶ Σιδῶνα πλῆθος πολύ ἀκούοντες
NAS: a great number of people heard
KJV: a great multitude, when they had heard
INT: and Sidon a multitude great having heard

Luke 1:10 N-NNS
GRK: πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος ἦν τοῦ
NAS: And the whole multitude of the people
KJV: the whole multitude of the people
INT: all the multitude were of the

Luke 2:13 N-NNS
GRK: τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου
NAS: with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
KJV: the angel a multitude of the heavenly
INT: the angel a multitude of [the] host heavenly

Luke 5:6 N-ANS
GRK: ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ
NAS: a great quantity of fish,
KJV: a great multitude of fishes:
INT: having done they enclosed a multitude of fishes great

Luke 6:17 N-NNS
GRK: αὐτοῦ καὶ πλῆθος πολὺ τοῦ
NAS: and a great throng of people
KJV: and a great multitude of people out of
INT: of him and a multitude great of the

Luke 8:37 N-NNS
GRK: ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῆς περιχώρου
NAS: And all the people of the country
KJV: the whole multitude of the country
INT: all the multitude of the region around

Luke 19:37 N-NNS
GRK: ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν
NAS: the whole crowd of the disciples
KJV: the whole multitude of the disciples
INT: all the multitude of the disciples

Luke 23:1 N-NNS
GRK: ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν ἤγαγον
NAS: the whole body of them got
KJV: And the whole multitude of them arose,
INT: all the multitude of them led

Luke 23:27 N-NNS
GRK: αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ
NAS: Him was a large crowd of the people,
KJV: him a great company of people, and
INT: him a great multitude of the people

John 5:3 N-NNS
GRK: ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος τῶν ἀσθενούντων
NAS: lay a multitude of those
KJV: a great multitude of impotent folk,
INT: these were lying a multitude of those who were sick

John 21:6 N-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἰχθύων
NAS: it in because of the great number of fish.
KJV: it for the multitude of fishes.
INT: from the multitude of the fish

Acts 2:6 N-NNS
GRK: συνῆλθεν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη
NAS: occurred, the crowd came together,
KJV: noised abroad, the multitude came together,
INT: came together the multitude and were confounded

Acts 4:32 N-GNS
GRK: Τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων
NAS: And the congregation of those
KJV: And the multitude of them that believed
INT: and [the] multitude having believed

Acts 5:14 N-NNP
GRK: τῷ κυρίῳ πλήθη ἀνδρῶν τε
NAS: in the Lord, multitudes of men
KJV: to the Lord, multitudes both
INT: to the Lord multitudes of men both

Acts 5:16 N-NNS
GRK: καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πέριξ
NAS: Also the people from the cities
KJV: also a multitude [out] of the cities
INT: also the multitude of the surrounding

Acts 6:2 N-ANS
GRK: δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν
NAS: summoned the congregation of the disciples
KJV: called the multitude of the disciples
INT: twelve the multitude of the disciples

Acts 6:5 N-GNS
GRK: παντὸς τοῦ πλήθους καὶ ἐξελέξαντο
NAS: with the whole congregation; and they chose
KJV: the whole multitude: and
INT: all the multitude and they chose

Acts 14:1 N-ANS
GRK: Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλῆθος
NAS: that a large number of people believed,
KJV: a great multitude both
INT: Hellenists a great number

Acts 14:4 N-NNS
GRK: δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς πόλεως
NAS: But the people of the city
KJV: But the multitude of the city
INT: moreover the multitude of the city

Acts 15:12 N-NNS
GRK: πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ ἤκουον
NAS: All the people kept silent,
KJV: all the multitude kept silence,
INT: all the multitude and heard

Acts 15:30 N-ANS
GRK: συναγαγόντες τὸ πλῆθος ἐπέδωκαν τὴν
NAS: and having gathered the congregation together,
KJV: when they had gathered the multitude together,
INT: having gathered the multitude delivered the

Acts 17:4 N-NNS
GRK: σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων πλῆθος πολὺ γυναικῶν
KJV: a great multitude, and
INT: worshipping Greeks a multitude great women

Acts 19:9 N-GNS
GRK: ἐνώπιον τοῦ πλήθους ἀποστὰς ἀπ'
NAS: before the people, he withdrew
KJV: before the multitude, he departed
INT: before the multitude having departed from

Acts 21:36 N-NNS
GRK: γὰρ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ
NAS: for the multitude of the people
KJV: For the multitude of the people
INT: indeed the multitude of the people

Strong's Greek 4128
31 Occurrences

πλήθη — 1 Occ.
πλήθει — 1 Occ.
πλῆθος — 25 Occ.
πλήθους — 4 Occ.