λαός laós

Meaning

a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 (δῆμος), which denotes one's own populace)

In the King James Version: people

Derivation: apparently a primary word;

Where it is used

• Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
• Matthew 2:4 And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
• Matthew 2:6 ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
• Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
• Matthew 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
• Matthew 9:35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
• Matthew 13:15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
• Matthew 15:8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
• Matthew 21:23 When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
• Matthew 26:3 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
• Matthew 26:5 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
• Matthew 26:47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
• Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
• Matthew 27:25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• Matthew 27:64 So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
• Mark 7:6 Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
• Mark 14:2 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
• Luke 1:10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
• Luke 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
• Luke 1:21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
• Luke 1:68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
• Luke 1:77 to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
• Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
• Luke 2:31 which You have prepared in the sight of all people,
• Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
• Luke 3:15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
• Luke 3:18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
• Luke 3:21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
• Luke 6:17 Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
• Luke 7:1 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.
• Luke 7:16 A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
• Luke 7:29 All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
• Luke 8:47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.
• Luke 9:13 But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
• Luke 18:43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
• Luke 19:47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
• Luke 19:48 Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
• Luke 20:1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
• Luke 20:6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
• Luke 20:9 Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
• Luke 20:19 When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
• Luke 20:26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
• Luke 20:45 In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
• Luke 21:23 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
• Luke 21:38 And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.
• Luke 22:2 and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.
• Luke 22:66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
• Luke 23:5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
• Luke 23:13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
• Luke 23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
• Luke 23:27 A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
• Luke 23:35 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
• Luke 24:19 “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
• John 8:2 Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
• John 11:50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
• John 18:14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
• Acts 2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
• Acts 3:9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
• Acts 3:11 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 3:12 And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?