ΛΑΩ, λαω
LAŌ, laō
Sounds Like: lah-OH
Translations: people, a people, nation, a nation
From the root: ΛΑΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a people, a nation, or a multitude of individuals, often used in the context of a specific group or community, such as the people of Israel or the people of God. It can be used to describe a general populace or a distinct ethnic or national group.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2992 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 14:1
Codex Sinaiticus
- Leviticus — 21:4, 21:15
- Numbers — 17:12
- Judges — 5:9, 8:5, 9:48
- 1 Chronicles — 10:9, 17:9, 18:14
- 2 Esdras — 9:11, 14:16, 15:19, 18:9, 18:13, 19:10, 19:32, 21:24
- Esther — 10:3k
- Judith — 5:20, 7:1, 7:26
- 1 Maccabees — 3:3, 3:42, 4:58, 5:2, 5:4, 7:37, 15:35
- Psalms — 21:32, 28:11, 34:18, 59:5, 67:36, 71:3, 77:20, 84:3, 93:8, 110:6, 110:9, 148:14, 149:4
- Ecclesiastes — 4:16
- Job — 18:19
- Sirach — 16:17, 24:6, 24:12, 31:9, 37:26, 45:22
- Isaiah — 6:9, 10:6, 11:16, 28:11, 42:5, 47:6, 58:1, 62:10, 65:10, 65:19
- Jeremiah — 1:18, 4:11, 5:23, 5:26, 9:8, 12:14, 14:10, 16:10, 33:8, 33:11, 33:12, 33:18, 34:16, 40:9, 45:4, 51:20, 51:24, 52:6, 52:25
- Joel — 2:19
- Haggai — 1:13
- Matthew — 4:23, 9:35, 26:5, 27:64
- Luke — 1:68, 1:77, 2:10, 21:23
- Acts of the Apostles — 4:10, 5:12, 5:20, 5:34, 6:8, 10:2, 10:41, 10:42, 12:4, 13:24, 19:4, 21:40, 26:23, 28:17
- 1 Corinthians — 14:21
- Hebrews — 4:9, 9:19, 11:25
- Epistle of Barnabas — 14:1
- Shepherd of Hermas — 7:4, 67:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 7:160
- Book 2 — 14:311
- Book 3 — 1:22, 8:206
- Book 4 — 2:34, 3:35, 3:54, 7:164, 8:304
- Book 5 — 1:69, 1:114, 2:120, 10:341
- Book 6 — 13:273
- Book 7 — 1:40, 9:211, 14:381, 14:382
- Book 8 — 2:58, 4:123, 8:215, 8:217, 13:342, 14:373
- Book 9 — 9:196, 10:205
- Book 10 — 2:24, 4:70, 7:106, 9:177, 9:178, 9:180
- Book 11 — 5:143, 5:158, 5:172, 5:177, 6:212, 8:309, 8:326
- Book 12 — 6:285
- Book 15 — 8:292
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 60:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 28:2, 31:7, 34:3, 64:6, 65:4, 72:1, 75:1, 81:1, 91:3, 115:4, 123:1, 135:4, 135:5, 138:2, 138:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 23:7, 26:11, 42:6
- Exodus — 1:22, 3:21, 5:7, 11:3, 12:36, 13:17, 14:3, 17:1, 17:4, 18:1, 18:14, 18:19, 19:10, 19:15, 19:21, 24:3
- Leviticus — 9:23, 21:4, 21:15
- Numbers — 5:27, 11:13, 11:18, 14:14, 14:19, 15:26, 16:47, 16:48, 33:14
- Deuteronomy — 2:4, 20:2, 21:8, 27:11
- Joshua — 1:6, 1:11, 3:3, 3:5, 4:10, 6:7, 6:10
- Judges — 5:9, 8:5, 9:48
- Ruth — 4:9
- 1 Samuel — 4:17, 6:4, 6:19, 7:9, 9:12, 9:17, 10:1, 10:17, 14:17, 14:24, 14:34, 14:41, 15:4, 23:8, 27:12, 31:9
- 2 Samuel — 2:26, 6:19, 7:10, 17:3, 17:9, 17:29, 18:8, 19:2, 24:15, 24:16, 24:17
- 1 Kings — 8:56, 8:66, 12:6, 12:7, 12:9, 12:10, 12:24, 19:21, 21:10
- 2 Kings — 4:41, 4:42, 4:43, 23:21, 25:3
- 1 Chronicles — 10:9, 17:9, 18:14, 21:17, 23:25, 27:1, 27:24
- 2 Chronicles — 6:27, 6:29, 6:39, 7:10, 7:13, 8:10, 10:6, 10:7, 10:9, 10:10, 16:10, 18:2, 21:14, 24:23, 29:36, 30:24, 31:4, 35:3, 35:8, 36:16
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:7
- Ezra (Beta) — 7:25, 8:15
- Nehemiah — 4:22, 5:19, 8:9, 8:13, 9:10, 9:32, 11:24
- Esther — 10:3
- Judith — 5:20, 7:1, 7:26
- 1 Maccabees — 3:3, 3:42, 4:58, 5:2, 5:4, 5:61, 7:37, 15:35
- 3 Maccabees — 2:16
- Psalms — 21:32, 28:11, 34:18, 59:5, 67:36, 71:3, 77:20, 84:3, 93:8, 110:6, 110:9, 148:14, 149:4
- Psalms of Solomon — 12:2
- Odes — 13:68, 13:77
- Ecclesiastes — 4:16
- Job — 18:19
- Sirach — 16:17, 24:6, 24:12, 34:9, 37:26, 45:22, 45:24
- Isaiah — 6:9, 10:6, 11:16, 28:11, 42:5, 47:6, 58:1, 62:10, 65:10, 65:19
- Jeremiah — 1:18, 4:11, 5:23, 5:26, 9:9, 12:14, 14:10, 15:20, 16:10, 33:8, 33:11, 33:12, 33:18, 34:13, 40:9, 45:4, 51:20, 51:24, 52:6, 52:25
- Lamentations — 3:14
- Ezekiel — 13:19, 17:9, 21:12, 33:3, 44:11
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:44, 10:14, 13:34
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:34, 7:27, 9:7, 10:14, 11:32
- Hosea — 2:23, 10:14
- Joel — 2:19
- Haggai — 1:13
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 2 — 3:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 4:23, 26:5, 27:64
- Luke — 1:68, 1:77, 2:10, 21:23
- Acts — 4:10, 5:12, 5:20, 5:34, 6:8, 10:2, 10:41, 10:42, 12:4, 13:24, 19:4, 21:40, 26:23, 28:17
- 1 Corinthians — 14:21
- Hebrews — 4:9, 9:19, 11:25
- 2 Peter — 2:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΑΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΙΙΛΕΩΣ — people, a people, multitude, nation
- ΛʼΑΟΣ — people, a people, nation, a nation, multitude, a multitude
- ΛΑΙ — people, a people, nation, multitude
- ΛΑΟ — people, a people, nation, a nation
- ΛΑΟΙ — peoples, a people, nations, a nation
- ΛΑΟΙΣ — to peoples, to the peoples, to nations, to the nations
- ΛΑΟΝ — people, a people, nation, a nation, multitude, a multitude
- ΛΑΟΣ — people, a people, nation, a nation
- ΛΑΟΥ — of people, of a people, of nation, of a nation, of crowd, of a crowd
- ΛΑΟΥΣ — people, a people, nations
- ΛΑΣ — people, a people, nation, a nation, multitude, a multitude
- ΛΑΩΝ — (of) peoples, (of) nations, (of) crowds
- ΛΕΩΣ — (of) people, (to) people, (for) people, (among) people, (in) people
- ΤΟΝΛΑΟΝ — the people, the crowd, a people, a crowd
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