throng

Everyday

1. A throng is a large crowd of people pressed close together. tree →
2. To throng is to crowd round or fill a place. tree →

In the lessons

a crowd gathering at a church, a target or a royal court; people pressing round a person to see or hear

Examples

• There was such a throng before the church that Trembling could not get in. tree →
• The shooters were thronging round the target. tree →
• The courtiers will throng round the princess. tree →

Note

a throng is a crowd, not a set number; count the people if a count is needed

In Jewish tradition

A crowd going to worship at the Temple.

Interpretation. The psalmist remembers going up with pilgrims to the festivals in Jerusalem.

Examples

• We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng. (Writings PSA.55.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. (Writings PSA.42.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

a throng is a crowd, not a set number; count the people if a count is needed