laos denotes a collective body of people, whether a public gathering, an identified community, or peoples in the plural.

The term most often identifies a collective body of persons: people addressed, taught, gathered, ruled, or otherwise treated as a community. Its singular use can mark a particular people in relation to God or to Israel, while plural forms refer to peoples as distinct groups.

1. A collective community or body of persons · dominant

   The term names people as a group in public action or address: in Acts 3:11 the nominative singular occurs where the APB renders that “all the people ran together,” and in Acts 10:42 the dative singular is in the clause rendered “to preach to the people.” It also marks an identified community, as in 1 Peter 2:10, where the APB renders “now you are God's people,” and can occur in the plural for groups, as in Luke 2:31, rendered “in the presence of all peoples.”

   Acts 3:11Acts 10:421 Peter 2:10Acts 15:14Luke 2:31Acts 21:40

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “people” or “peoples,” including expressions such as “God's people” and “a people for his name.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the group setting without fixing every English expression to the term.