Word Forms
These forms come from “multitude” and change to fit the sentence.
- multitudebase form
- multitudesplural
multitude
WEB 275 appearances
KJV 267 appearances
A multitude means a very large group of people or things.
Biblical Usage
In the Bible, this word often means a huge crowd of people gathered together. It is used when many people came to hear Jesus teach or be healed. It can also mean a very large amount of something, like fish or stars.
WEB Representative Scriptures
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.Matthew 20:29 (WEB)
He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.Mark 2:13 (WEB)
When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.Luke 5:6 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;Genesis 28:3 (KJV)
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.Deuteronomy 1:10 (KJV)
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.Nehemiah 13:3 (KJV)