Bible Dictionary: Population

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

2. (n.) The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

Greek

2415. Hierosolumites -- an inhabitant of Jer.
... Cognate: 2415 (-, a masculine noun) -- (the population of Jerusalem). 2415 () is
only used twice in the NT. Word Origin from Hierosoluma Definition an inhab. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2415.htm - 7k

1553. ekdemeo -- to be away from home, absent
... 1553 (from 1537 , " and " and 1218 , "a population, people") -- properly,
out from home, ie with the of being ("away from home"). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6520. perazon -- perhaps rural population
... 6519, 6520. perazon. 6521 . perhaps rural population. Transliteration: perazon
Phonetic Spelling: (per-aw-zone') Short Definition: peasantry. ...
/hebrew/6520.htm - 6k

1546. galuth -- an exile
... Word Origin from galah Definition an exile NASB Word Usage captives (1), exile
(5), exiles (8), population (2). they that are carried away captives. ...
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4186. moshab -- a seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling ...
... from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an
abode (the place or the time); by implication, population -- assembly, dwell ...
/hebrew/4186.htm - 6k

1995. hamon -- a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
... commotion (2), great quantity (1), horde (2), hordes (14), many (3), multitude
(31), multitudes (2), noise (2), people (1), populated (1), population (1), roar ...
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120. adam -- man, mankind
... 9), men (104), men of low degree* (1), men's (3), men* (4), mortal (1), one (3),
people (1), person (5), person* (1), persons (3), population (1), someone (1). ...
/hebrew/120.htm - 6k

Library

A Group of Miracles among a Semi-Heathen Population
... CHAPTER XXXIV. A GROUP OF MIRACLES AMONG A SEMI-HEATHEN POPULATION. (Matthew
15:29-31; Mark 7 31-37; Mark 8:22-26; Matthew 11:27-31.) ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxxiv a group of.htm

Introduction
... Its population could never have been great, and though cities and villages were
crowded together on the plains and in the valleys, and perched at times on ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm

The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger.
... country on the banks of the lower Danube, once an independent kingdom, then united
with the empire of Austria, and containing a mixed population of Magyars ...
/.../ 75 the reformation in.htm

Some Preliminary Definitions
... A more practical definition, then, of a "community" would be "That aggregation of
population which is bound together by a predominating proportion of its local ...
/.../church cooperation in community life/chapter i some preliminary definitions.htm

A Corps Commander
... The business man finds that the hustle, the high rent, floating population and the
keen competition of the city necessitates extraordinary care and daring to ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/v a corps commander.htm

Further Refutation of the Pythagorean Theory. The State of ...
... We find, however, in the records of the Antiquities of Man, [1713] that the human
race has progressed with a gradual growth of population, either occupying ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter xxx further refutation of the.htm

Jews.
... says:" "The statistics of the Jewish population are among the most singular
circumstances of this most singular of all people. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/jews 2.htm

Roman Catholics.
... They form, it is stated, more than three fourths of the population of the Canadas. ...
The population of Canada, in 1840, was at least one million. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/roman catholics 2.htm

The Syrian Enrollment in 8 Bc
... Other considerations, also, prove that some attempt was made in Syria, whether
systematically or sporadically, to number the population Such enumerations can ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 8 the syrian enrollment.htm

Spanish Conquest-The Propagation, Decay, and Downfall of Spanish ...
... priests and of soldiers were received from Mexico; by the end of ten years baptisms
were reported to the number of eight thousand; the entire population of the ...
/.../chapter ii spanish conquest-the propagation.htm

Thesaurus

Population (11 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of
a country; as, a population of ten millions. ...Population (11 Occurrences). ...
/p/population.htm - 9k

Lystra (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild
district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached ...
/l/lystra.htm - 14k

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)
... e-thi-o'-pi-a (kush; Aithiopia): 1. Location, Extent and Population: Critically
speaking Ethiopia may refer only to the Nile valley above the First Cataract ...
/e/ethiopia.htm - 45k

Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... zo'-an (tso`an; Tanis): 1. situation 2. Old Testament Notices 3. Early History 4.
Hyksos Monuments 5. Hyksos Population 6. Hyksos Age 7. Description of Site 1 ...
/z/zoan.htm - 17k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)
... The earliest layer of Semitic population was the Amorite which was found in Syria
when the first Babylonian empire extended its authority over the land. ...
/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)
... Leja', "the refuge" or "asylum." It lies in the midst of an arable and pastoral
country; and although it could never have supported a large population, it has ...
/t/trachonitis.htm - 13k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... Contents 1. Geographical Position and Names 2. Surface Configuration 3. Mountain
Ranges 4. Rivers 5. Climate 6. Vegetation 7. Fauna 8. The Population 9. The ...
/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Elam (24 Occurrences)
... Contents 1. Geographical Position and Names 2. Surface Configuration 3. Mountain
Ranges 4. Rivers 5. Climate 6. Vegetation 7. Fauna 8. The Population 9. The ...
/e/elam.htm - 48k

Canaan (102 Occurrences)
... Our first knowledge of its population dates from the neolithic period. The neolithic
inhabitants of Gezer were of short stature (about 5 ft. ...
/c/canaan.htm - 64k

Antioch (21 Occurrences)
... battle of Actium. A Roman element was added to its population, and several
of the emperors contributed to its adornment. Already a ...
/a/antioch.htm - 27k

Bible Concordance

Population (11 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:34 So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.
(WEY)

Luke 8:37 Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.
(WEY)

John 4:39 Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."
(WEY)

Acts 13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole population of the city came together to hear the Lord's Message.
(WEY)

Genesis 9:19 These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad.
(DBY)

Numbers 15:26 and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 14:28 A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 16:14 But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 51:14 Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
(See NAS)

Amos 1:6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
(See NAS)

Amos 1:9 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Population

Population of the Earth in the Early Times

Related Terms

Lystra (6 Occurrences)

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)

Zoan (7 Occurrences)

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

Elam (24 Occurrences)

Canaan (102 Occurrences)