Библейское слово «πλῆθος» в греческих словарях

πλῆθος, εος τό

1) множество (χρυσοῦ Plat.; πημάτων Aesch.): στρατοῦ ~ Her. многочисленное войско; ἐς ~ Thuc. во множестве;

2) большинство, основная часть, главные силы (τοῦ στρατοῦ Her.; τῆς δυνάμεως Xen.): τὸ ~ ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν Thuc.: ὡς πλήθει Plat. в целом, вообще; ὡς ἐπὶ το ~ Plat. в большинстве случаев;

3) население (τῆσδε γῆς Eur.; τῆς πόλεως NT);

4) народные массы, народ (ἐς τὸ ~ φέρειν τὸ κράτος Her.; ἡ τοῦ πλήθους ἀρχή, δημοκρατία τοὔνομα κληθεῖσα Plat.): ἐναντία τῷ ὑμετέρῳ πλήθει πράττοντες Lys. действующие во вред вашему народу;

5) количество, число, численность (νεῶν Aesch.; πλήθει φοβερώτατος Thuc.): πλήθεϊ πολλοί Her. многочисленные; ~ ἀνάριθμοι Aesch. бесчисленные; ~ ὡς δισχίλιοι Xen. числом около двух тысяч;

6) размер(ы), т._е. объём или протяжение (χώρας Xen.; τῆς οὐσίας Plat.): ~ τῆς ζημίας Thuc. мера наказания; πλήθει πολλῶν μηνῶν Soph. по истечении многих месяцев; διὰ χρόνου ~ Thuc. в силу (большой) давности.

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.†
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πλῆθος, εος, τό,
Doric dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+] πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect πλεῖθος [Refs]; pseudo-Doric dialect and pseudo-Aeolic dialect πλᾶθος [Refs 1st c.BC+] see at πίμπλημι):—great number, multitude, especially of people, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; στρατοῦ π., periphrastic for στρατὸς πολύς, [Refs]; ὡς πλήθει for the mass of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 τὸ π. the greater number, the mass, main body, τὸ π. τοῦ στρατοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τῆς ψυχῆς the largest part of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as Noun of Multitude with plural Verb, Ἀθηναίων τὸ π. οἴονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. ἐψηφίσαντο πολεμεῖν the majority,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ π. by a majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, people, population, σμικρὸν τὸ π. τῆσδε γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b the commons, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of the popular assembly, τὸ ὑμέτερον π., τὸ π. τὸ ὑμέτερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἐρυθραίων τῷ π., Ἀθηναίων τοῦ π., [Refs]; = Latin plebs, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also, association, corporation, or guild, τὸ π. τὸ Ἁλιαδᾶν [Refs]; τὸ τῶν Πανιαστῶν π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. τῶν ἁλιέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸ π. τῶν μαχαιροφόρων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; opposed to αἱ ἀρχαί, οἱ ὀλίγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also, populace, mob, opposed to δῆμος (commons), [Refs 5th c.BC+] the masses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II quantity or number, πόσον π. ἦν νεῶν Ἑλληνίδω; [Refs 5th c.BC+]in force, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III magnitude, size, or extent, [ὄρος] πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2 in Attic dialect, of quantity or amount, διὰ π. τῆς ζημίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]multa sudans, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ παρακείμενον π. the amount entered against each, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of money, τὸ ἴσον π. [Refs]: in plural, quantities, ἐμβρύων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3 more than enough, π. φέρειν [LXX]
III.4 plurality, opposed to ἕν, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
IV of Time, length, χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V with Preps., or adverbs, ἐς π. in great numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ πλῆθος a large number at a time, [Refs]usually, mostly, [Refs 5th c.BC+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0