Matthew 20:29:8Matt.20.29.W8TAB
ὄχλος
okhlos
“crowd”
- Transliteration
- OKH-los
- Extended
- OKH-lohs
- IPA
- /ˈokʰ.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowd
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OKH-los
- sentence
KAI ek-po-reu-o-ME-nôn au-TÔN a-PO i-e-ri-KHÔ ê-ko-LOU-thê-sen au-TÔ OKH-los po-LYS
Exegesis
The subject ochlos polys {ὄχλος πολύς | óchlos polýs} “a great crowd” follows the verb, a common Greek pattern where the verb is fronted and the subject appears post-verbally, which also allows “crowd” to receive end-position emphasis. In English, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal subordinate clause (“as they were going out / leaving Jericho”) to preserve its circumstantial force, while the verb–subject order is smoothed into a more natural subject–verb order without altering the focus on the size of the following crowd.
Root and etymology
ochlosomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma
“crowd, throng, mass of people”
In context — Matthew 20:29
And as they were going out from Jericho , a great crowd followed Him .
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 20:29, so the Greek word ὄχλος (okhlos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.20.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.29.W8.S1) and character.