ὀχλοποιέω (oⱪlopoiέō) — to gather a crowd or to cause a crowd to form

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: ὀχλοποιέω; ὀχλέω; ποιέω

Sense 1: to gather a crowd or to cause a crowd to form

Semantic entry: 11.2

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: General

Definition: to cause a crowd to gather

Notes: The context of OET ACT 17:5 indicates clearly that the crowd was an unruly and undisciplined gathering of people, and therefore one may often employ an expression equivalent to ‘they gathered together a mob.’

Show passage in OET: ACT 17:5

OET-RV ACT 17:5

5 But some of the other Yehudim (Jews) were envious of them, and enlisted some of the troublemakers from the marketplaces to form a mob. They stirred up all the people, and looking for Paulos and Silas so they could bring them out, arrived at the house of a man named Yason.

OET-LV ACT 17:5

5 But the Youdaiōns, having _been _jealous and having _taken _aside some evil men of _the marketplaces, and having _formed _a _mob, they _were _distressing the city, and having _approached to _the house of _Yasōn, they _were _seeking them to _bring _forth to the public.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὀχλοποιέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to gather a crowd or to cause a crowd to form