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PEOPLE
1.
(
, 2992) is used of (a) “the people at large,” especially of people
assembled, e.g., Matt. 27:25; Luke 1:21; 3:15; Acts 4:27; (b) “a people of the same race
and language,” e.g., Rev. 5:9; in the plural, e.g., Luke 2:31; Rom. 15:11; Rev. 7:9; 11:9;
especially of Israel, e.g., Matt. 2:6; 4:23; John 11:50; Acts 4:8; Heb. 2:17; in distinction
from their rulers and priests, e.g., Matt. 26:5; Luke 20:19; Heb. 5:3; in distinction from
Gentiles, e.g., Acts 26:17, 23; Rom. 15:10; (c) of Christians as the people of God, e.g.,
Acts 15:14; Titus 2:14; Heb. 4:9; 1 Pet. 2:9.
2.
(
7
, 3793), “a crowd, throng”: see
CROWD
,
MULTITUDE
.
3.
(
, 1218), “the common people, the people generally” (Eng.,
“demagogue,” “democracy,” etc.), especially the mass of the “people” assembled in a
public place, Acts 12:22; 17:5; 19:30, 33.¶
4.
(
+
, 1484) denotes (a) “a nation,” e.g., Matt. 24:7; Acts 10:35; “the
Jewish people,” e.g., Luke 7:5; Acts 10:22; 28:19; (b) in the plural, “the rest of mankind”
in distinction from Israel or the Jews, e.g., Matt. 4:15; Acts 28:28; (c) “the people of a
city,” Acts 8:9; (d) gentile Christians, e.g., Rom. 10:19; 11:13; 15:27; Gal. 2:14. See
GENTILES
,
NATION
.
5.
(
/
$
, 444), “man,” without distinction of sex (cf.
, “a male”),
is translated “people” in John 6:10,
RV
(
KJV
, “men”).
PERADVENTURE
A. Adverb.
(
1
, 5029), primarily “quickly” (from
$
, “quick”), signifies
“peradventure” in Rom. 5:7; in Philem. 15, “perhaps.” See
PERHAPS
.¶
B. Conjunction.
(
)
, 3379), often written as two words, usually signifies “lest ever, lest
haply, haply”; in indirect questions, “if haply” or “whether haply,” e.g., Luke 3:15,
RV
; in
Matt. 25:9,
RV
, “peradventure” (
KJV
, “lest”); “if peradventure,” in 2 Tim. 2:25. See
HAPLY
.
PERCEIVE
1.
(
0
, 1097), “to know by experience and observation,” is translated
“to perceive” in Matt. 12:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “knew”); 16:8; 21:45; 22:18; 26:10,
RV
, (
KJV
,
“understood”); Mark 8:17; 12:12 and 15:10,
RV
(
KJV
, “knew”); so Luke 9:11; 18:34; in
Luke 7:39,
RV
(
KJV
, “known”); 20:19 (cf. No. 7 in v. 23); John 6:15; 8:27,
RV
(
KJV
,
“understood”); 16:19,
RV
(
KJV
, “knew”); Acts 23:6; Gal. 2:9; in 1 John 3:16,
KJV
,
“perceive” (
RV
, “know,” perfect tense, lit., “we have perceived,” and therefore “know”).
See
KNOW
.
2.
(
#
0
, 1921), a strengthened form of No. 1, “to gain a full
knowledge of, to become fully acquainted with,” is translated “to perceive” in Mark 5:30,
RV
(
KJV
, “knowing”); Luke 1:22; 5:22; Acts 19:34,
RV
(
KJV
, knew). See
ACKNOWLEDGE
,
KNOW
.