ὄχλοι

ochloi

from a derivative of ἔχω (meaning a vehicle); a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot:--company, multitude, number (of people), people, press.

G3793

Matthew 13:2 · Word #5

Lexicon G3793

Lemmaὄχλος
Transliterationóchlos
Strong'sG3793

Morphology N NOM M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaὄχλος
Strong'sG3793

SIBI-P1 G3793-02

the thronging masses

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NMP — noun, nominative, masculine, plural; functioning as the subject of a clause or a predicate nominative; plural form of ὄχλος.
Rendering RationaleThe noun ὄχλος denotes a mass of people borne or pressed together as a throng. Rendering it "the thronging masses" preserves the dynamic sense of a crowd moving or pressing as one body, while the plural form reflects the nominative masculine plural morphology (NMP) of ὄχλοι.

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Words from Root ὄχλος (throng, crowd, mass of people, populace, rabble, gathered multitude)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G3793-01 ochlo to a thronging multitude
G3793-03 ochlois to the thronging crowds
G3793-04 ochlon the thronging multitude

Word Usage (174 occurrences of G3793)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 4:25 ὄχλοι ochloi
Matthew 5:1 ὄχλους ochlous
Matthew 7:28 ὄχλοι ochloi