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Word Study · Strong's G2992 · Greek

λαός

laos

lah-os'

Strong's 1890 spelling: laós

a people (in general

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

people.

  • 141
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 14 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 24
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 141 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 24

  • λαὸν27
  • λαοῦ25
  • λαὸς18
  • λαῷ16
  • λαοῦ,7
  • λαόν.5
  • λαόν,4
  • λαῷ,4
  • λαῷ.¶4
  • λαοὶ3
  • λαόν3
  • λαόν·3

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 18

  • people81
  • people,15
  • people.14
  • peoples7
  • a people6
  • people;5
  • a people.2
  • [the] people1
  • a people,1
  • group of people1
  • nation1
  • of [the] people1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular44
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular38
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular26
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular23
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2
  • noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-ASM · 44
  • N-GSM · 38
  • N-DSM · 26
  • N-NSM · 23
  • N-NPM · 4
  • N-GPM · 3
  • N-DPM · 2
  • N-VSM · 1

All 141, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew14 occurrences
Mark2 occurrences
Luke36 occurrences
John2 occurrences
Acts48 occurrences
Romans8 occurrences
1 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
Titus1 occurrence
Hebrews13 occurrences
1 Peter3 occurrences
2 Peter1 occurrence
Jude1 occurrence
Revelation9 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).