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Crowd

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ὄχλος

(Strong's #3793 — Noun Masculine — ochlos — okh'-los )

"a confused throng," is usually translated "multitude." The RV translates it "crowd" (AV, "press" in some) in Matthew 9:23,25; Mark 2:4; 3:9; 5:27,30; Luke 8:19; 19:3; Acts 21:34,35; 24:12,18 . See COMPANY , MULTITUDE , NUMBER , PEOPLE.

B — 1: ὀχλοποιέω

(Strong's #3792 — Verb — ochlopoieo — okh-lop-oy-eh'-o )

"to make a crowd" (A, with poieo, "to make"), is translated "gathered a crowd" in Acts 17:5 , RV (AV, "company").

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Crowd'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/crowd.html. 1940.
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