ὄχλος

ὄχλου, ὁ, in the N. T. only in the historical books and five times in the book of Revelation; as in Greek writings from Pindar and Aeschylus down, a crowd, i. e.
1. a casual collection of people; a multitude of men who have flocked together in some place, a throng: Mt 9:23, Mt 9:25; Mt 15:10, etc.; Mk 2:4; Mk 3:9, and often; Lk 5:1, Lk 5:19; Lk 7:9, etc.; Jn 5:13; Jn 6:22, Jn 6:24; Jn 7:20, Jn 7:32, Jn 7:49, etc.; Acts 14:14; Acts 17:8; Acts 21:34; τίς ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου, Lk 11:27; Lk 12:13; or ἀπό τοῦ ὄχλου, Lk 19:39; ; ἀπό (for i. e. on account of (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 b.)) τοῦ ὄχλου, Lk 19:3; ἡ βία τοῦ ὄχλου, Acts 21:35; πολύς ὄχλος and much more often ὄχλος πολύς, Mt 14:14; Mt 20:29; Mt 26:47; Mk 5:21, Mk 5:24; Mk 6:34; Mk 9:14; Mk 14:43 (here T Tr WH omit; L Tr marginal reading brackets πολύς); Lk 7:11; Lk 8:4; Lk 9:37; Jn 6:2, Jn 6:5; Jn 12:12 (but here Tr marginal reading brackets WH prefix ὁ; cf. Buttmann, 91 (80)); Rev 19:1, Rev 19:6; with the article ὁ πολύς ὄχλος, the great multitude present, Mk 12:37; (ὁ ὄχλος πολύς (the noun forming with the adjective a single composite term, like our) the common people, Jn 12:9 T WH Tr marginal reading; cf. Buttmann, as above; some would give the phrase the same sense in Mark, the passage cited); πάμπολυς, Mk 8:1 (Rec.); ἱκανός, Mk 10:46; Lk 7:12; Acts 11:24, Acts 11:26; Acts 19:26; ὁ... πλεῖστος ὄχλος (the most part of the multitude), Mt 21:8; πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος, Mt 13:2; Mk 2:13; Mk 4:1; Mk 7:14 (Rec.); Mk 9:15; ; Lk 13:17; Acts 21:27; ὄχλον τοσοῦτον, Mt 15:33; αἱ μυριάδες τοῦ ὄχλου Lk 12:1; οὐ μετά ὄχλου, not having a crowd with me, Acts 24:18; ἄτερ ὄχλου, in the absence of the multitude ((see ἄτερ)), Lk 22:6. plural οἱ ὄχλοι, very often in Matt. and Luke, as Mt 5:1; Mt 7:28; Mt 9:8, Mt 9:33, Mt 9:36; Mt 11:7; Mt 12:46; Mt 13:34, Mt 13:36, etc.; Lk 3:7, Lk 3:10; Lk 4:42; Lk 5:3; Lk 8:42, Lk 8:45; Lk 9:11; Lk 11:14, etc.; Acts 8:6; Acts 13:45; Acts 14:11, Acts 14:13, Acts 14:18; Acts 17:13; once in Jn 7:12 (where Tdf. the singular); in Mark only Rec.; and without the article Mk 10:1; ὄχλοι πολλοί, Mt 4:25; Mt 8:1; Mt 12:15 (R G); Mt 13:2; Mt 15:30; ; Lk 5:15; Lk 14:25; πάντες οἱ ὄχλοι, Mt 12:23.
2. the multitude, i. e. the common people, opposed to the rulers and leading men: Mt 14:5; Mt 21:26; Mk 12:12; (Jn 7:12b (provided the plural is retained in the first part of the verse)); with contempt, "the ignorant multitude, the populace, Jn 7:49; ἐπισύστασις ὄχλου, a riot, a mob, Acts 24:12 (L T Tr WH ἐπίστασιν (which see) ὄχλου).
3. universally, a multitude: with a genitive of the class, as τελωνῶν, Lk 5:29; μαθητῶν, Lk 6:17; ὀνομάτων (see ὄνομα, 3), Acts 1:15; τῶν ἱερέων, Acts 6:7; the plural ὄχλοι, joined with λαοί and ἔθνη, in Rev 17:15 seems to designate troops of men assembled together without order. (The Sept. chiefly for הָמון.)