Definition

a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot

Etymology

from a derivative of G2192 (ἔχω) (meaning a vehicle);

Where the KJV renders it

• company
• multitude
• number (of people)
• people
• press

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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