"fullness, amplitude, magnitude; a multitude, a great number, Lk. 1:10; 2:13; 5:6; a multitude, a crowd, throng, Mk. 3:7, 8; Lk. 6:17"
Definition and meaning
fullness, amplitude, magnitude; a multitude, a great number, Lk. 1:10; 2:13; 5:6; a multitude, a crowd, throng, Mk. 3:7, 8; Lk. 6:17
In the original Greek the word is written: πλῆθος
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of plethos (G4128) across the King James Bible.
But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
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Common questions
Strong's G4128 (plethos) is a Greek word that means: fullness, amplitude, magnitude; a multitude, a great number, Lk. 1:10; 2:13; 5:6; a multitude, a crowd, throng, Mk. 3:7, 8; Lk. 6:17 It appears 32 times in the King James Bible.
The word plethos (G4128) appears 32 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4128 is plethos, a Greek word defined as: fullness, amplitude, magnitude; a multitude, a great number, Lk. 1:10; 2:13; 5:6; a multitude, a crowd, throng, Mk. 3:7, 8; Lk. 6:17. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
plethos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.