πλῆθος, εος, τό,
Dor. and Arc. πλῆθος Schwyzer 84.8, al. (Argive, found in Crete, v B.C. ), IG 5(2).6.20 (Tegea, iv B.C. ), etc.; Boeot. πλεῖθος ib.7.3171.46 (Orchom. Boeot. ); pseudo- Dor. and pseudo- Aeol. πλᾶθος GDI 5176.21 ( Crete ), IGRom. 4.1302.18 (Cyme, i B.C. / i A.D. ), Hippod. ap. Stob. 4.1.93: ( πλήθω, v. cross πίμπλημι ): - great number, multitude, esp. of people, Il. 17.330, Hdt. 7.49, etc.; στρατοῦ π., periphr. for στρατὸς πολύς, Id. 9.73; ὡς πλήθει for the mass of men, Pl. R. 389d .
2. τὸ π. the greater number, the mass, main body, τὸ π. τοῦ στρατοῦ Hdt. 1.82, cf. 5.92; τὸ π. τῆς ψυχῆς the largest part of . ., Pl. Lg. 689a: as Noun of Multitude with pl. Verb, Ἀθηναίων τὸ π. οἴονται Th. 1.20; τὸ π. ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν the majority, ib. 125, cf. X. Cyr. 2.4.20; τῷ π. by a majority, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 ( Locr., v B.C. ): hence, people, population, σμικρὸν τὸ π. τῆσδε γῆς E. Ph. 715 . the commons, Th. 1.9, etc.; ἡ τοῦ π. ἀρχή, δημοκρατία τοὔνομα κληθεῖσα Pl. Plt. 291d; ἐς τὸ π. φέρειν τὸ κράτος Hdt. 3.81: freq. of the popular assembly, τὸ ὑμέτερον π., τὸ π. τὸ ὑμέτερον, Lys. 12.42, Pl. Ap. 31c; Ἐρυθραίων τῷ π., Ἀθηναίων τοῦ π., IG 12.10.21, 22; = Lat. plebs, Plb. 6.15.11, D.S. 12.25, D.H. 4.71; also, association, corporation, or guild, τὸ π. τὸ Ἁλιαδᾶν IG 12(1).155.6, 156.5 ( Rhodes ); τὸ τῶν Πανιαστῶν π. IGRom. 4.1680 (Pergam.); τὸ π. τῶν ἱερέων OGI 56.24 (Canopus, iii B.C. ); π. τῶν ἁλιέων PSI 5.498.2 (iii B.C.); τὸ π. τῶν μαχαιροφόρων OGI 737 (Memphis, ii B.C. ); opp. αἱ ἀρχαί, οἱ ὀλίγοι, Th. 5.84; but also, populace, mob, opp. δῆμος (commons), X. Ath. 2.18, App. BC 1.10: also in pl., πείθειν τὰ π. the masses, Pl. Grg. 452e, cf. Sph. 268b; ὃ πᾶσι . . σωτήριον, μάλιστα δὲ τοῖς π. πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους D. 6.24; φιλόσοφον . . π. ἀδύνατον εἶναι Pl. R. 494a .
II quantity or number, πόσον π. ἦν νεῶν Ἑλληνίδων; A. Pers. 334; τῆς σῆς δυνάμεως τί φῂς π. εἶναι; X. Cyr. 2.1.6; ὅμιλος πλήθει φοβερώτατος Th. 2.98; ἰσχύϊ καὶ πλήθει προέχων Id. 3.74; τῷ π. αὐτῶν καταπλαγέντες Id. 4.10; πλήθεϊ πολλοί Hdt. 3.11, cf. 6.44; σὺν πλήθει χερῶν S. OT 123; πλήθει παρόντες in force, Th. 8.22: abs. in acc., κόσοι πλῆθος Hdt. 1.153; πόσοι τὸ π.; Diph. 17.1; ἐρέται . . π. ἀνάριθμοι A. Pers. 40 (anap.); π. ὡς δισχίλιοι X. An. 4.2.2; ἄπειρα τὸ π. Id. Mem. 1.1.14; ἄπειρα καὶ π. καὶ σμικρότητα Anaxag. 1; π. τι πάμπολυ φθειρῶν IG 42(1).122.45, cf. 32 (Epid., iv B.C. ). III magnitude, size, or extent, [ ὄρος] πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον Hdt. 1.203; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον ib. 204; ἡ ἐρῆμος . . ἐοῦσα πλῆθος ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων ὁδοῦ Id. 4.123; π. χώρας καὶ ἀνθρώπων X. An. 1.5.9 .
2. in Att., of quantity or amount, διὰ π. τῆς ζημίας Th. 3.70; χρημάτων π. Id. 1.9; διὰ πλῆθος οὐσίας Pl. R. 591e, cf. Arist. Pol. 1279a19; ταῦτα οὐδέν ἐστι πλήθει οὐδὲ μεγέθει πρὸς ἐκεῖνα Pl. R. 614a; μετὰ πλήθους ἱδρῶτος multa sudans, Id. Ti. 84e; τὸ π. τοῦ ῥεύματος Plb. 1.75.5; τὸ παρακείμενον π. the amount entered against each, Ostr.Bodl. i 252 (ii B.C.); of money, τὸ ἴσον π. TAM 2.526 ( Pinara ): in pl., quantities, ἐμβρύων Cratin. 326; θαυμαστὸν ὅσ’ ἐστ’ ἀγαθῶν π. Mnesim. 4.51 (anap.); οἰκοδομημάτων πλήθεσι ἢ μεγέθεσι D.C. 52.30, cf. 10 .
3. more than enough, π. φέρειν LXX [Exo 36:5] .
4. plurality, opp. ἕν, Dam. Pr. 45 . of Time, length, χρόνου Th. 1.1, Pl. Tht. 158d, Isoc. 12.180; π. ἐτῶν Ar. Nu. 855; πλήθει πολλῶν μηνῶν S. Ph. 722 (lyr.). with Preps., or Advbs., ἐς π. in great numbers, Th. 1.14; κατὰ πλῆθος a large number at a time, IG 12.6.112; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. usually, mostly, Pl. Phdr. 275b; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. εἰπεῖν Arist. GA 786a35; κατὰ π. D.H. 6.67 .
G4128 — πλῆθος
πλήθους, τό (ΠΛΑΩ), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for רֹב, often for הָמון; a multitude, i. e.
a. a great number, namely, of men or things: [Act 21:22] (not Tr WH); [Heb 11:12] (cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114) n.); with πολύ added, [Mar 3:7], [Mar 3:8]; πλῆθος with a genitive, [Luk 2:13]; [Joh 21:6]; [Act 5:14]; [Act 28:3] (A. V. bundle (L T Tr WH add τί)); [Jam 5:20]; [1Pe 4:8]; πολύ πλῆθος and πλῆθος πολύ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 2) with a genitive, [Luk 5:6]; [Luk 11:17]; [Luk 23:27]; [Joh 5:3] (here L brackets G T Tr WH omit πολύ); [Act 14:1]; [Act 17:4].
b. with the article, the whole number, the whole multitude; the assemblage: [Act 15:30]; [Act 23:7]; τοῦ λαοῦ, [Act 21:36]; πᾶν τό πλῆθος, [Act 15:12]; with a genitive, [Luk 1:10]; ([Luk 8:37] (τῆς περιχώρου); ); ; Acts (); ; ([Act 6:2],5>); ; the multitude of people, [Act 2:6]; [Act 19:9]; with τῆς πόλεως added, [Act 14:4].
πλῆθος , - ους , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7230, also for H1995, etc.;]
1. a great number, a multitude;
(a) of things : ἰχθύων , [Luk 5:6], [Joh 21:6]; φρυγάνων , [Act 28:3]; ἁμαρτιίῶ v, Jas 5:20 , [1Pe 4:8]; τ . πλήθει , in multitude, [Heb 11:12];
(b) of persons: [Act 21:22] ( WH , R , om .); c . gen ., [Luk 2:13], [Joh 5:3], [Act 5:14]; Papyri πολύ ( πολὺ Papyri), [Mar 3:7-8]; id . c . gen ., [Luk 6:17]; [Luk 23:27], [Act 14:1]; [Act 17:4].
2. Of persons, c . art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat ., Thuc ., Xen ., al. , = δῆμος , the commons, or- opp . to δῆμος - the populace) : [Act 2:6]; [Act 15:30]; [Act 19:9]; [Act 23:7]; τ . λαοῦ , [Act 21:36]; τ . πόλεως , [Act 14:4]; πᾶν τὸ Papyri, [Act 15:12]; c . gen ., [Luk 1:10]; [Luk 8:37]; [Luk 19:37]; [Luk 23:1], [Act 4:32]; [Act 5:16]; [Act 6:2]; [Act 6:5]; [Act 25:24]. †