2001 Translation

PLĒTHOS, plēthos

Sounds Like: PLAY-thoss

Translations: multitude, a multitude, crowd, a crowd, great number, abundance, a great number

From the root: ΠΛΗΘΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a large number or quantity of people or things. It can be used to describe a crowd of people, a large amount of something, or a general abundance. For example, it might refer to a large gathering of disciples or a great quantity of fish.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4128 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:28, 1:31, 1:33, 1:42, 1:45, 1:82, 1:90, 1:95, 1:114, 1:308

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 2:5

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 18:2, 34:5, 49:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judges — 4:7, 6:5, 7:12
• 1 Chronicles — 12:41
• 2 Esdras — 19:25, 23:22
• Esther — 5:11
• Judith — 1:16, 2:16, 2:17, 2:18, 5:3, 5:10, 7:2, 7:4, 7:18, 15:7, 16:3
• 1 Maccabees — 1:3, 3:17, 4:8, 5:12, 8:20, 9:6, 9:63, 10:77, 15:3
• 4 Maccabees — 8:5
• Psalms — 5:11, 9:25, 30:20, 43:13, 50:3, 68:17, 71:7, 76:17, 93:19, 105:45, 150:2
• Ecclesiastes — 1:18, 6:3
• Job — 33:19
• Wisdom — 4:3, 6:24, 11:15, 11:17, 14:20, 18:5
• Sirach — 5:6, 7:7, 16:1, 16:3, 35:21, 51:3
• Isaiah — 1:11, 5:13, 17:12, 21:15, 28:2, 31:1, 31:4, 63:7, 63:15
• Jeremiah — 10:13, 13:22, 26:16, 30:27, 37:16
• Lamentations — 0:5
• Nahum — 2:14
• Zechariah — 9:10, 14:14
• Mark — 3:7, 3:8
• Luke — 1:10, 2:13, 5:6, 6:17, 8:37, 19:37, 23:1, 23:27
• John — 5:3
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:6, 5:16, 6:2, 14:1, 14:4, 15:12, 15:30, 17:4, 21:22, 21:36, 23:7, 25:24, 28:3
• James — 5:20
• 1 Peter — 4:8
• Epistle of Barnabas — 2:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 1:1, 8:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 6:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:78, 22:195, 26:229, 26:244, 28:261, 29:267, 29:269, 29:270, 35:313, 35:315, 17:158
• Book Two — 17:158

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:16, 2:70, 3:106, 4:115, 19:282, 19:283, 20:329
• Book 2 — 7:173, 7:192, 9:212, 10:245, 14:296, 14:298, 14:300, 15:317
• Book 3 — 1:24, 1:25, 1:35, 2:43, 2:47, 2:51, 2:57, 3:63, 3:64, 4:69, 5:84, 5:93, 6:103, 6:104, 6:106, 8:188, 8:194, 8:196, 8:210, 8:212, 8:219, 11:267, 12:290, 12:292, 13:295, 13:297, 13:298, 13:299, 14:300, 14:303, 14:304, 14:305, 14:308, 14:310, 15:311, 15:315, 15:316
• Book 4 — 2:11, 2:22, 2:25, 3:35, 4:63, 5:85, 5:97, 6:116, 6:151, 6:157, 7:161, 7:163, 8:224, 8:278, 8:310, 8:320
• Book 5 — 1:1, 1:16, 1:19, 1:32, 1:48, 1:63, 1:64, 1:76, 1:99, 1:111, 1:114, 2:154, 2:174, 4:187, 4:194, 4:195, 5:204, 6:211, 8:233, 8:250, 8:251, 10:340, 11:352
• Book 6 — 1:3, 2:22, 3:34, 3:38, 3:43, 5:78, 5:84, 5:89, 5:92, 6:99, 6:120, 6:130, 7:139, 10:194, 11:208, 14:369, 14:373
• Book 7 — 1:22, 1:30, 1:44, 2:60, 4:80, 9:196, 11:261, 11:278, 12:300, 12:309, 13:318, 13:319, 14:335, 14:370, 14:375, 14:377, 14:381
• Book 8 — 2:34, 2:41, 3:65, 3:89, 4:101, 4:103, 4:109, 4:119, 4:122, 5:133, 6:172, 7:174, 7:188, 8:215, 8:218, 8:221, 11:271, 11:275, 11:279, 11:282, 12:293, 12:298, 12:299, 12:305, 13:336, 14:368, 14:370, 14:371, 14:378, 15:395, 15:397
• Book 9 — 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:15, 4:55, 4:84, 4:86, 4:91, 6:125, 6:133, 7:146, 7:149, 7:156, 8:162, 8:164, 10:219, 11:233, 13:269, 13:274
• Book 10 — 1:8, 1:19, 3:39, 3:43, 4:48, 5:83, 6:90, 6:93, 8:148, 11:253
• Book 11 — 1:9, 2:29, 3:48, 3:67, 3:72, 3:74, 4:107, 5:150, 5:151, 5:160, 5:180, 6:231, 8:315, 8:331, 8:337, 8:339
• Book 12 — 2:16, 2:35, 2:40, 2:52, 2:55, 2:108, 5:251, 6:164, 6:165, 6:167, 6:228, 6:231, 7:300, 7:314, 8:347, 10:398, 10:409, 11:422
• Book 13 — 2:46, 3:66, 6:201, 6:205, 6:216, 6:217, 7:100, 7:124, 7:220, 10:273, 10:298, 13:353, 14:383, 16:406, 16:408
• Book 14 — 7:111, 13:366, 15:408, 15:409, 15:460, 16:468, 16:482
• Book 15 — 1:5, 2:14, 3:50, 3:61, 5:113, 5:138, 5:153, 5:157, 6:183, 8:280, 8:284, 8:291, 10:368, 11:381, 11:414
• Book 16 — 1:10, 2:27, 4:133, 5:137, 10:320, 10:321, 11:394
• Book 17 — 1:17, 8:198, 9:213, 9:216, 10:254, 10:256, 10:271, 10:277
• Book 18 — 2:53, 3:61, 3:67, 5:127, 6:174, 8:284, 9:322, 9:367
• Book 19 — 1:24, 1:138, 1:161, 4:243, 4:253, 4:254, 4:272, 7:332, 7:337, 8:343
• Book 20 — 1:7, 5:111, 5:117, 6:120, 6:133

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:8, 1:28, 2:2, 2:6, 3:18, 5:12, 7:16, 8:12, 8:13, 9:19, 12:10, 12:11, 16:13, 16:15, 17:14, 18:13, 18:16, 18:17, 19:1, 19:8, 19:12, 20:3, 20:4, 20:5, 20:7, 20:9, 20:20, 20:21, 22:20, 24:22, 34:21, 34:26
• Book Two — 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 2:17, 2:25, 3:5, 3:7, 4:2, 5:3, 5:8, 7:5, 9:6, 10:10, 10:13, 10:18, 12:2, 12:9, 12:11, 12:15, 12:22, 13:4, 13:10, 13:11, 13:14, 14:30, 15:3, 15:7, 15:9, 15:11, 15:12, 15:14, 15:17, 15:21, 15:24, 16:9, 16:10, 16:12, 16:44, 16:49, 16:51, 17:23, 17:34, 17:42, 18:5, 18:15, 18:23, 18:48, 18:53, 19:3, 19:13, 19:31, 19:35, 20:15, 21:8, 21:15, 21:17, 21:26, 21:33, 22:3
• Book Three — 2:6, 2:10, 3:16, 5:9, 6:1, 7:36, 7:37, 7:50, 7:62, 7:70, 7:80, 7:103, 7:107, 7:128, 7:131, 7:178, 7:181, 7:203, 9:6, 10:6, 10:9, 10:10, 10:17
• Book Four — 1:34, 1:60, 2:9, 2:22, 2:33, 3:9, 3:10, 3:12, 3:67, 3:73, 3:75, 3:85, 4:20, 4:47, 4:60, 4:70, 4:71, 4:74, 5:2, 5:11, 7:33, 7:45, 7:47, 8:9, 8:12, 9:40, 9:49, 9:69, 9:85, 9:92, 10:2, 10:22, 10:33, 11:20
• Book Five — 2:43, 3:20, 3:33, 4:44, 6:1, 8:15, 9:11, 11:6, 11:7, 11:39, 11:44, 12:31, 13:17, 13:24, 13:25, 13:42
• Book Six — 1:2, 1:20, 1:54, 1:69, 1:82, 3:17, 4:40, 5:4, 5:7, 5:12, 8:4, 8:8, 8:13, 8:17, 9:6, 9:11, 9:19, 9:21
• Book Seven — 1:7, 1:20, 2:15, 3:4, 3:13, 4:8, 4:21, 4:28, 5:6, 5:37, 5:39, 5:42, 6:15, 6:44, 8:48, 8:80, 8:118, 8:121, 9:9, 10:8, 10:25

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 27:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 22:3, 25:2, 34:4, 102:3, 119:4, 120:2

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 9:37, 9:40, 11:50, 11:59, 14:77, 17:91, 21:103, 28:138, 31:149, 34:170, 34:172, 39:198, 42:210, 44:218, 45:230, 48:249, 50:261, 51:262, 51:263, 51:264, 52:266, 53:271, 54:279, 54:280, 59:306, 61:315, 68:383, 69:388, 75:419

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 3:2, 12:2, 16:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 16:4

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 9:3, 10:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 27:28, 30:30, 48:16, 48:19
• Exodus — 1:9, 8:24, 12:6, 19:21, 36:5
• Numbers — 32:1
• Deuteronomy — 26:5, 28:47
• Judges — 4:7, 6:5, 7:12
• 2 Samuel — 17:11, 18:29
• 1 Kings — 1:19, 1:25, 2:46, 10:10, 10:31
• 2 Kings — 7:13
• 1 Chronicles — 4:38, 12:40, 22:3, 22:4, 22:5, 22:8, 22:14, 22:15, 29:16, 29:21
• 2 Chronicles — 1:15, 2:9, 4:18, 9:1, 9:9, 9:27, 11:12, 11:23, 13:8, 14:11, 16:8, 20:2, 20:12, 20:24, 30:5, 30:17, 30:24, 31:5, 31:10, 31:18, 32:29
• Ezra (Alpha) — 9:6, 9:10, 9:11, 9:38, 9:47, 9:48, 9:49
• Nehemiah — 9:25, 13:22
• Judith — 2:5, 2:16, 2:17, 2:18, 5:3, 5:10, 7:2, 7:4, 7:18, 15:7, 16:3
• Tobit — 4:8
• 1 Maccabees — 3:17, 4:8, 5:12, 8:20, 9:6, 9:63, 10:77, 15:3
• 2 Maccabees — 2:24, 3:6, 4:39, 5:10, 12:42
• 3 Maccabees — 1:24, 6:14, 7:13
• 4 Maccabees — 8:5
• Psalms — 5:11, 9:25, 30:20, 43:13, 50:3, 51:9, 68:17, 71:7, 76:18, 93:19, 105:45, 150:2
• Odes — 9:42
• Ecclesiastes — 1:18, 6:3
• Job — 33:19
• Wisdom — 4:3, 6:24, 11:15, 11:17, 14:20, 18:5, 19:10
• Sirach — 5:6, 7:7, 16:1, 32:23, 51:3
• Isaiah — 1:11, 5:13, 17:12, 21:15, 28:2, 29:5, 31:1, 31:4, 51:10, 63:7, 63:15
• Jeremiah — 10:13, 13:22, 26:16, 28:27, 30:10, 37:16
• Lamentations — 1:5, 3:32
• Ezekiel — 26:13, 28:17, 28:18, 30:10, 30:15, 31:6, 31:7, 31:9, 31:15, 31:18, 32:32, 39:12, 47:10
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:35, 3:42
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:42, 10:1
• Hosea — 4:7, 8:12, 10:1
• Micah — 4:13
• Nahum — 2:14
• Zechariah — 9:10, 14:14

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 11 — 1:9

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 3:1, 8:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Mark — 3:7, 3:8
• Luke — 1:10, 2:13, 5:6, 6:17, 8:37, 19:37, 23:1, 23:27
• John — 5:3
• Acts — 2:6, 5:16, 6:2, 14:1, 14:4, 15:12, 15:30, 17:4, 21:22, 21:36, 23:7, 25:24, 28:3
• James — 5:20
• 1 Peter — 4:8

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
• ΠΛΗΘΟΥΣ — 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
• 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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