| 1. a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or
living together 1) a company, troop, swarm 2. a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus 1) the human race 3. a race, nation, people group 4. in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles 5. Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians |