πλῆθος, πλήθους, τό (ΠΛΑΩ), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for ψΙα, often for δΘξεο; 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_3:7-8; 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)); Jas_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 (); ; (); ; the multitude of people, Act_2:6; Act_19:9; with τῆς πόλεως added, Act_14:4.

πλῆθος plēthos 31x fullness, amplitude, magnitude; a multitude, a great number, Luk_1:10 ; Luk_2:13 ; Luk_5:6 ; a multitude, a crowd, throng, Mar_3:7-8 ; Luk_6:17 crowd; multitude; number.

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 ; ἁμαρτιίῶν , 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 .†

πλῆθος [page 518] πλῆθος is used (I) or things P Hib I. 52 .5 ( c. B.C. 245) τὰ ὀν ]ο̣μ̣α̣τ̣α̣ κ̣α̣[ὶ τὰ ] π̣λήθη , the names and the amounts, P Lille I. 3 .76 (B.C. 241 0) ἱκανὰ πλήθη , des sommes considιrables (Ed.), P Tebt II. 282 .4 (late ii/B.C.) εἶ μὴ <ν > παρειληφέναι τὰ ὑπογεγρ (αμμένα ) π̣λήθηι , that I have in truth received the hereinafter mentioned amounts (Edd.), P Ryl II. 119 .22 (A.D. 54 67) διὰ τὸ πλἡθος τῶν κατ᾽ ἔτος γενημάτων , owing to its great yearly productivity (Edd.); and (2) of persons Chrest. I. IIA i. 11 (B.C. 123) παραγενομένων τῶν αὐτῶν πληθῶν σὺν ὅπλοις , and P Tebt II. 310 .4 (A.D. 186) τῷ πλήθι τῶν ἱερέων , the corporation of priests (Edd.).

πλῆθος πλῆθος, ος, εος, τό, [Etym: πίμπλημι] "a great number, a throng, crowd, multitude", Il. , Hdt. , etc. τὸ πλῆθος, "the greater number, the greater part, the mass, main body", Hdt. , Xen. , etc.:— "the majority, the people", like δῆμος, Lat. plebs, Hdt. , attic: —also "the populace, mob", Xen. "quantity or number", Hdt. , attic; πλήθει παρόντες "in force", Thuc. : —absol. in acc., κόσοι πλῆθος Hdt. ; πλῆθος ἀνάριθμοι Aesch. "magnitude, size or extent", ὄρος πλήθεϊ μέγιστον Hdt. ; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον id=Hdt. , etc. "quantity or amount", Thuc. , Plat. , etc. of Time, "length", Thuc. , etc. with Preps., or with ὡς, in adv. sense, ἐς πλ. "in great numbers", id=Thuc. : —ὡς πλήθει "upon the whole, in general", Plat. ; so, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλ. "usually, mostly", Lat. ut plurimum, id=Plat.

πλῆθος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for רֹב, also for הָמוֹן, etc. ;] __1. a great number, a multitude; __(a) of things : ἰχθύων, Luk.5:6, Jhn.21:6; φρυγάνων, Act.28:3; ἁμαρτιίῶν, Jas.5:20, 1Pe.4:8; τ. πλήθει, in multitude, Heb.11:12; __(b) of persons: Act.21:22 (WH, R, om.); with genitive, Luk.2:13, Jhn.5:3, Act.5:14; π. πολύ (πολὺ π.), Mrk.3:7-8; id. with genitive, Luk.6:17 23:27, Act.14:1 17:4 __2. Of persons, with art., the whole number, the multitude (in Plat., Thuc., Xen., al., = δῆμος, the commons, or-opposite to δῆμος-the populace) : Act.2:6 15:30 19:9 23:7; τ. λαοῦ, Act.21:36; τ. πόλεως, Act.14:4; πᾶν τὸ π., Act.15:12; with genitive, Luk.1:10 8:37 19:37 23:1, Act.4:32 5:16 6:2, 5 25:24.† (AS)