2001 Translation

PLĒTHOUS, plēthous

Sounds Like: PLAY-thooss

Translations: of a multitude, of a crowd, of a great number, of a throng, of a quantity, of a great amount, of a fullness, of a great company

From the root: ΠΛΗΘΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a large number or quantity of people or things, a multitude, or a crowd. It can also denote a great amount or fullness. It is used to describe a large gathering of people or a significant quantity of something.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4128 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:308, 1:310

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 2:20
• 1 Maccabees — 6:41, 8:15
• Psalms — 63:3, 105:7, 144:7
• Proverbs — 5:23
• Job — 31:34, 35:9
• Wisdom — 6:2, 16:1, 18:20
• Sirach — 44:19
• Lamentations — 0:3
• Nahum — 3:4
• Zechariah — 2:8, 8:4
• John — 21:6
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:32, 6:5, 19:9

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:196, 26:234, 33:295, 16:153, 23:188, 40:286
• Book Two — 16:153, 23:188, 40:286

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 6:94, 15:329
• Book 3 — 1:13, 1:27, 1:34, 3:65, 4:68, 4:71, 10:241, 12:292, 14:310
• Book 4 — 1:10, 2:15, 2:20, 3:36, 4:62, 4:64, 4:68, 4:83, 8:209, 8:264, 8:322
• Book 5 — 1:55, 1:92, 1:115, 3:184, 4:197, 6:214, 8:235
• Book 6 — 4:65, 5:73, 5:83, 6:95, 6:102, 6:118, 6:125, 7:142, 7:154, 12:250, 13:292
• Book 7 — 1:9, 1:26, 1:43, 9:199, 9:214, 10:257, 11:276, 11:287, 12:309, 14:358
• Book 8 — 1:4, 2:46, 8:223, 10:248, 10:255, 10:265, 11:272, 12:300, 13:338, 13:342, 13:352, 13:359
• Book 9 — 1:4, 6:111, 6:114, 8:167, 13:273
• Book 10 — 7:119, 11:266, 11:268
• Book 11 — 1:11, 3:57, 3:73, 4:83, 5:140, 5:148, 5:155, 8:329
• Book 12 — 5:239, 5:252, 6:267, 7:292, 7:317, 11:432
• Book 13 — 6:213, 6:214, 10:296, 13:360, 13:373, 13:375, 16:407
• Book 14 — 1:7, 2:23, 2:31, 4:67, 4:72, 11:285, 13:361, 16:470
• Book 15 — 1:2, 5:114, 5:152, 7:231, 10:357, 11:405
• Book 17 — 6:157, 9:212, 10:274, 11:301
• Book 18 — 2:48, 2:49, 5:123
• Book 19 — 1:60, 1:116, 1:118, 1:124, 4:270, 6:307
• Book 20 — 5:106, 8:180, 10:248

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 14:6, 20:18, 34:20, 34:24
• Book Two — 1:9, 1:11, 2:16, 9:9, 12:2, 16:53, 17:18, 20:22, 21:16
• Book Three — 5:37, 7:1, 8:12, 8:54, 9:3, 9:50
• Book Four — 1:57, 2:1, 3:31, 3:42, 3:78, 11:27
• Book Five — 3:31, 13:2
• Book Six — 1:87, 9:10
• Book Seven — 1:16, 4:10, 8:49

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 13:76, 16:84, 23:113, 28:136, 28:139, 28:140, 32:159, 33:168, 35:175, 38:194, 43:212, 48:251, 57:298, 61:315, 64:331

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 16:10, 17:4, 32:12, 36:7
• Exodus — 23:2
• 1 Samuel — 1:16
• 1 Kings — 7:32
• 2 Chronicles — 5:6, 9:6, 12:3
• Ezra (Alpha) — 9:2, 9:4, 9:12, 9:45
• Judith — 2:20
• 1 Maccabees — 1:3, 6:41, 8:15
• 2 Maccabees — 3:21, 14:1
• 3 Maccabees — 5:48
• Psalms — 105:7, 144:7
• Odes — 8:9
• Proverbs — 5:23
• Job — 31:34, 35:9
• Wisdom — 6:2, 16:1, 18:20
• Sirach — 44:19
• Lamentations — 1:3
• Ezekiel — 23:42, 26:10, 27:12, 27:16, 27:18, 27:33, 28:16, 32:6
• Hosea — 9:7
• Nahum — 3:3
• Zechariah — 2:4, 8:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• John — 21:6
• Acts — 4:32, 6:5, 19:9

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΗΘΟΣ.

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.

• ΠΛΗΘΕΙ — to multitude, to a multitude, to a great number, to a crowd, to a throng
• ΠΛΗΘΕΙΤΩΝ — of the multitude, of the crowd, of the great number, of the mass
• ΠΛΗΘΕΣΙ — (to) multitudes, (to) crowds, (to) throngs, (to) great numbers
• ΠΛΗΘΕΣΙΝ — to multitude, to crowd, to great number, to mass
• ΠΛΗΘΕΣΙΝΗ — multitude, a multitude, crowd, a crowd, quantity, a quantity, (to) multitudes, (to) crowds, (to) quantities
• ΠΛΗΘΗ — multitude, a multitude, crowd, a crowd, great number, a great number, abundance, an abundance
• ΠΛΗΘΙ — (to) multitude, (to) crowd, (to) great number, (to) abundance, (to) quantity
• ΠΛΗΘΟΣ — multitude, a multitude, crowd, a crowd, great number, abundance, a great number
• ΠΛΗΘΩΝ — of multitudes, of crowds, of masses, of the multitude, of the crowd, of the mass
• ΤΕΠΛΗΘΟΣ — multitude, a multitude, crowd, a crowd, great number, a great number
• ΤΟΠΛΗΘΟΣ — the multitude, the crowd, the quantity, the great number
• ΤΟΥΠΛΗΘΟΥΣ — (of) the multitude, (of) the crowd, (of) the quantity
• ΤΩΠΛΗΘΕΙ — to the multitude, to the crowd, to the quantity, to the number, to the great number

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