Greek word · G3826
παμπληθεί
pamplēthei
together
An adverb built from πᾶν ('all') and πλῆθος ('multitude'): 'with the whole multitude' or 'all together, en masse'. It is rare, but later Greek writers use it.
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
πανπληθεί (Rec. παμπλ-, see WH, App., 150),
adv. (πᾶς, πλῆθος),
= cl. παμπληθές, with the whole multitude, all together: Luke 23:18.†
(AS)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
- Range of meaning
An adverb built from πᾶν ('all') and πλῆθος ('multitude'): 'with the whole multitude' or 'all together, en masse'. It is rare, but later Greek writers use it.
- Against the English
The KJV has 'all at once', which stresses timing. The BSB has 'all… in unison' and the WEB 'all… together'. The YLT keeps the root idea: 'the whole multitude'. The Greek points mainly to the crowd as one mass, and only secondarily to the timing.
- Used elsewhere in the period
It occurs only here in the New Testament. BDAG lists it with secular uses meaning 'all together'. Luke often uses τὸ πλῆθος ('the multitude'), and in 23:1 'the whole multitude of them' (ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν) leads Jesus to Pilate.
Where it appears
Luke · 1
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Luke 23:18 παμπληθεὶ all together
But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
Here: This word appears nowhere else in the New Testament. It means 'with the whole mass of them', so the shout comes as one roar from the gathered crowd. It echoes 'the whole multitude' that brought Jesus to Pilate in 23:1.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.