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lud G2992 G2992 = G2992 λαός laos G:N-M a people λαός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very frequently for עַם, Gen.14:16, itd.; occasionally for לְאֹם ( Gen.25:23, itd.), etc. ;] a word rarely found in Att. prose;
1. the people at large (Hom., itd.), esp. of people assembled: Mt 27:25, Łk 1:21 3:15 itd.; pl. (Hom., itd., π.; zob. MM, xvi), Dz 4:27.
2. a people, those of the same race and language (Pind., Æsch., itd.: in LXX, Gen.26:11, Exo.9:16, itd.): joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, Obj 5:9 7:9 11:9, itd.; pl., Łk 2:31, Rz 15:11; esp. as almost always in LXX, of Israel, Mt 4:23, Mk 7:6, Łk 2:10, Jn 11:50, Hbr 2:17, itd.; opposite to τ. ἔθνη, Dz 26:17, 23 Rz 15:10; πρεσβύτεροι (πρῶτοι, etc.) τοῦ λ., Mt 21:23, Łk 19:17, Dz 4:8, itd.; ὁ λ. μου (αὐτοῦ, τ. θεοῦ), Mt 2:6, Łk 1:68, Hbr 11:25, itd.; of the people disting. from the rulers and priests ( I Est.1:10, Jdth.8:9, itd.), Mt 26:5, Łk 20:19, Hbr 5:3, itd.; of Christians, as the people of God, Dz 15:14, Rz 9:25, 26 Hbr 4:9; περιούσιος, Tt 2:14; εἰς περιποίησιν, 1P 2:9 (LXX). SYN.: zob.: δῆμος. (AS)