<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together<OL TYPE="a"><LI>a company, troop, swarm</OL><LI>a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the human family</OL><LI>a tribe, nation, people group<LI>in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles<LI>Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians</OL>