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Strong's #3793 - ὄχλος
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ὄχλος, ὁ,
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1. crowd, throng, Pi. P. 4.85, A. Pers. 42 (anap.), etc.; ἐσὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν E. Or. 108, cf. Heracl. 44; ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν the mass of the soldiers, X. Cyr. 6.1.26, cf. Th. 6.64, 7.62; μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν Id. 2.88; ὄχλῳ in numbers (for an army), Id. 1.80; ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ. Id. 3.109, cf. 4.56; οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ. undisciplined masses like these, ib. 126; ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός Hdn. 6.7.1; of the camp-followers, X. An. 3.4.26, 4.3.26, etc.
2. in political sense, populace, mob, opp. δῆμος (people), Th. 7.8, cf. Pl. Plt. 304d; πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν Id. Ax. 368d; οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν X. Cyr. 2.2.21; δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ. and popular assemblies (in a contemptuous sense), Pl. Grg. 455a, cf. Euthd. 290a: prov., δι' ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε this is already in the mouths of the people, D.H. Lys. 10, cf. J. BJ 2.13.1, 4.9.2.
3. generally, mass, multitude, ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων A. Pr. 827; τὸν πλεῖστον ὄ. τῶν πραχθέντων Isoc. 12.192; ἵππων ὄ. E. IA 191 (lyr.); ἄκριτος ἄστρων ὄ. Critias 19.5 D.; σαρκῶν Pl. Ti. 75e: in pl., the masses, καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους Diph. 24.4, cf. Men. 161.1, 466.4; πιθανώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἐν τοῖς ὄ. Arist. Rh. 1395b28.
II annoyance, trouble, σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον E. Ion 635, etc.; ὄχλον παρέχειν to give trouble, Hdt. 1.86, cf. E. Med. 337, X. An. 3.2.27, Pl. Phd. 84d; δι' ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become troublesome, Ar. Ec. 888, Th. 1.73, Pl. Alc. 1.103a; μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε D. 18.214; οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο Id. 19.24.
ὄχλος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H1995 (chiefly in Da TH), H2428, H6951, etc.;]
1. a moving crowd or multitude of persons, a throng: Matthew 9:23, Mark 2:4, Luke 5:1, John 5:13, al.; pl., Matthew 5:1, Mark 10:1, Luke 3:7, and freq.; ὄ . ἱκανός , Mark 10:46, al.; τοσοῦτος , Matthew 15:33; οῦ μετ᾿ ὄχλου , Acts 24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου , Luke 22:6; πᾶς ὁ ὄ ., Matthew 13:2, Mark 2:13, al.; ὄ . πολύς (Papyri ὄ .), Matthew 20:29, Mark 5:21, al.; ὄ πολύς ό . (Papyri ὄ .), the populace, the common people, Mark 12:37 (Swete, in l; Field, Notes, 37), John 12:9 (Westc., in l).
2. (As also cl., opp. to δῆμος , q.v., and cf. Tr., Syn., § xcviii), the populace, the common people (cf. ὁ πολὺς ὄ ., supr.), Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:26, Mark 12:12, John 7:12 b; so with contempt (cl.), John 7:49. In a more general sense, a multitude: c. gen., ὀνομάτωςν (see ὀ .), Acts 1:15; μαθητῶν , Luke 6:17, al.
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";provoke"; (= παροργίζω, Hesych.), is regarded by Moffatt (ICC ad Hebrews 3:16) as a LXX coinage ";to express ‘rebellious’ with a further sense of provoking or angering God."; In Deuteronomy 32:16 it is parallel to παροξύνω.
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