# G2992 λαός

λαός (laós), Strong’s G2992: a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 (δῆμος), which denotes one's own populace) KJV: people. Occurs 2,081 times.

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*laós* — a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 (δῆμος), which denotes one's own populace)

KJV: people

Occurs 2081 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 1:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/1?v=21) — She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Yeshua, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
- [Matthew 2:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=4) — Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.
- [Matthew 2:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=6) — ‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who…
- [Matthew 4:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=16) — the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has…
- [Matthew 4:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=23) — Yeshua went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing…
- [Matthew 13:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=15) — for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else…
- [Matthew 15:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=8) — ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
- [Matthew 21:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=23) — When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and…
- [Matthew 26:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=3) — Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high…
- [Matthew 26:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=5) — But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”