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throng,” e.g., Matt. 14:14, 15; 15:33; often in the plural, e.g., Matt. 4:25; 5:1; with
$
,
“much” or “great,” it signifies “a great multitude,” e.g., Matt. 20:29, or “the common
people,” Mark 12:37, perhaps preferably “the mass of the people.” Field supports the
meaning in the text, but either rendering is suitable. The mass of the people was attracted
to Him (for the statement “heard Him gladly” cf. what is said in Mark 6:20 of Herod
Antipas concerning John the Baptist); in John 12:9, “the common people,”
RV
, stands in
contrast with their leaders (v. 10); Acts 24:12,
RV
, “crowd”; (b) “the populace, an
unorganized multitude,” in contrast to
, “the people as a body politic,” e.g., Matt.
14:5; 21:26; John 7:12 (2nd part); (c) in a more general sense, “a multitude or company,”
e.g., Luke 6:17,
RV
, “a (great) multitude (of His disciples),”
KJV
, “the company”; Acts
1:15, “a multitude (of persons),”
RV
,
KJV
, “the number (of names)”; Acts 24:18,
RV
,
“crowd” (
KJV
, “multitude”). See
COMPANY
, No. 1,
NUMBER
.
2.
(
, 4128), lit., “a fullness,” hence, “a large company, a multitude,” is
used (a) of things: of fish, Luke 5:6; John 21:6; of sticks (“bundle”), Acts 28:3; of stars
and of sand, Heb. 11:12; of sins, Jas. 5:20; 1 Pet. 4:8; (b) of persons, (1) a “multitude”: of
people, e.g., Mark 3:7, 8; Luke 6:17; John 5:3; Acts 14:1; of angels, Luke 2:13; (2) with
the article, the whole number, the “multitude,” the populace, e.g., Luke 1:10; 8:37; Acts
5:16; 19:9; 23:7; a particular company, e.g., of disciples, Luke 19:37; Acts 4:32; 6:2, 5;
15:30; of elders, priests, and scribes, 23:7; of the apostles and the elders of the Church in
Jerusalem, Acts 15:12. See
ASSEMBLY
, No. 3,
BUNDLE
, No. 2,
COMPANY
, No. 5.
Note:
In Luke 12:1.
KJV
, the phrase, lit., “the myriads of the multitude” is translated
“an innumerable multitude of people” (where “people” translates No. 1, above),
RV
, “the
many thousands of the multitude” (where “multitude” translates No. 1).
MURDER
(
, 5408) is used (a) of a special act, Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19, 25; (b) in
the plural, of “murders” in general, Matt. 15:19; Mark 7:21 (Gal. 5:21, in some inferior
mss.); Rev. 9:21; in the singular, Rom. 1:29; (c) in the sense of “slaughter,” Heb. 11:37,
“they were slain with the sword,” lit., “(they died by) slaughter (of the sword)”; in Acts
9:1, “slaughter.” See
SLAUGHTER
.¶
Note:
In Matt. 19:18,
KJV
,
$
, “to kill” (akin to
$
, see below), is
translated “thou shalt do (no) murder” (
RV
, “thou shalt (not) kill”). See
KILL
,
SLAY
.
MURDERER
1.
$
(
"
, 5406), akin to
$
and
(see above), is used (a) in a
general sense, in the singular, 1 Pet. 4:15; in the plural, Rev. 21:8; 22:15; (b) of those
guilty of particular acts, Matt. 22:7; Acts 3:14, lit. “a man (
), a murderer”; 7:52;
28:4.¶
2.
(
$
, 443), an adjective, lit., “manslaying,” used as a
noun, “a manslayer, murderer” (
, “a man,”
, “to slay”), is used of Satan,
John 8:44; of one who hates his brother, and who, being a “murderer,” has not eternal
life, 1 John 3:15 (twice).¶
3.
(or
/
) (
$ H
, 3964) “a murderer of one’s father,” occurs in 1
Tim. 1:9.¶