Crowd
ὅμιλοςStrong’s G3658homilos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Homilos is the Greek word usually translated “multitudes”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,”
Meaning
Usually translated “multitudes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- multitudes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ὅμιλος homilos · crowd
ὅμιλος, -ου, ὁ [in Aq. : 1Ki.19:20 * ;] a crowd, throng: Rev.18:17, Rec.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “multitude” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUL'TITUDE, noun
[Latin multitudo, form multus, many.]
- The state of being many; a great number.
- A number collectively; the sum of many.
- A great number, indefinitely.
- A crowd or throng; the populace; applied to the populace when assembled in great numbers, and to the mass of men without reference to an assemblage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.