Quick Definition
crowd
Strong's Definition
association together, i.e. a multitude
Derivation: from the base of G3674 (ὁμοῦ) and a derivative of the alternate of G138 (αἱρέομαι) (meaning a crowd);
KJV Usage: company
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅμιλος, -ov, ὁ, (ὁμός, ὁμοῦ, and ἴλη a crowd, band, [Curtius § 660; Vaniéek p. 897; but Fick iii. 723 fr. root mil “to be associated,’ ‘ to love’]), fr. Hom. down, a multitude of men gathered together, a crowd, throng: Rev. xviii. 17 Rec.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὁμίχλη homichlē 1x
a mist, fog, a cloud, 2 Pet. 2:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ὅμιλος, -ου, ὁ,
[in Aq.: I Ki 19:20*;]
a crowd, throng: Re 18:17, Rec.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὁμίχλη. For this NT Gar. elp. (2 Pet 217)=‘‘mist,” cf. the magical P Par 574305 (c. A.D. 300) ὃ ἐν μέσῃ ἀρούρης καὶ χιόνος kal ὁμίχλης. Herwerden Zex. s.v, cites the striking saying Plut. Mor. p. 460 A ὡς δι᾽ ὁμίχλης τὰ σώματα, καὶ δι’ ὀργῆς Ta πράγματα μείζονα φαίνεται. The adj. optχλώδης occurs e.g. in Vett. Val. p. 67° αἱ δὲ ἑξῆς β μοῖραι πυρώδεις, ὁμιχλώδεις.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὅμιλος (homilos) — crowd. ὅμῑλ-ος, Aeolic dialect ὄμιλλος [Refs]: ὁ: (ὁμός, ἴλη) any assembled crowd, throng of people, for a feast, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; for a spectacle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rare in Attic dialect Comedy texts and Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially the mass of the people, the crowd, opposed to the chiefs, προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππων καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὅ. [Refs]; τὸν ψιλὸν ὅ. the crowd of irregulars, opposed to ὁπλῖται, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mob, διδασκάλῳ χρείωνται ὁμίλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ὅ. πολλὸς μὲν Ἕλλην περιοικέει a large Hellenic population, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b of inanimate objects, [σῆμα] οὔ τι μεμιγμένον ἐστὶν ὁμίλῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. throng of battle, τὴν ἔξαγ᾽ ὁμίλου [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; πρώτῳ ἐν ὁ. in the forefront of battle, [Refs]tumult, confusion, βοῇ καὶ ὁμίλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+] —The word seems not to be used in _plural_
