πλῆθος

πλῆθος, -ους, τό

[in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc. ;]

1. a great number, a multitude;

(a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk 5,6, Joh 21,6; φρυγάνων, ApG 28,3 ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jak 5,20, 1 Pet 4,8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Hebr 11,12

(b) of persons: ApG 21,22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk 2,13, Joh 5,3, ApG 5,14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mark 3,7-8; id. with genitive, Luk 6,17; 23,27, ApG 14,1; 17,4

2. Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., al., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace) : ApG 2,6; 15,30; 19,9; 23,7; τ. λαοῦ, ApG 21,36 τ. πόλεως, ApG 14,4 πᾶν τὸ π., ApG 15,12 with genitive, Luk 1,10; 8,37; 19,37; 23,1, ApG 4,32; 5,16; 6,2, 5; 25,24.†