2992 - laos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: λαός
Transliteration: laos
Definition (short): people
Definition (full): the people

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: the people
NASB Translation: people (134), peoples (8).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from demos, which denotes one's own populace) -- people.

see GREEK demos

KJV: And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
NASB: "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
KJV: And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
NASB: Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.
KJV: And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
NASB: 'AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.'"
KJV: The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
NASB: "THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT, AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED."
KJV: And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
NASB: Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.