Okhlos

Okhlos - from Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos) - mob, populace - large crowd of people.

The term Okhlos was used in ancient Greece in relation to that part of the population of Polis, which was not Demos.

The right to be ranked among the Demos was received only by those who studied the seven liberal arts (rhetoric, music, mathematics, astronomy, logic, philosophy, etc.). The rest of the population was called - okhlos. The concept of demos comes from the name of the district of Athens, in which the elite lived - the most educated part of the population, which bore general responsibility for the development of society.

Society was divided into three main strata:

1. Okhlos - slaves, poor people, laborers - who do not have the right to vote.

2. Plebos - free people, small owners, owners of their own houses and lands - can choose, but cannot be elected.

3. Demos - large slave owners, residents of Demos - a rich area of ​​​​the city, passing a certain property qualification. Only they could be elected to the governing bodies.

Etymology

The triliteral root jīm hā lām (ج ه ل), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 24 times.

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰlos, from Proto-Indo-European «*weǵʰ-» - to bring, to transport.

In the Quran

Okhloman - man from okhlos. see (75:16).

(2:67) Moses said to his people, "God orders you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you mock us?" He said, "I seek refuge with God lest I be of the okhloman (Arab. الْجَاهِلِينَ, l-jāhilīna)."

(2:273) As for the poor who face hardship in the cause of God, and cannot leave the land. The okhloman (Arab. الْجَاهِلُ, l-jāhilu) think they are rich from their abstention. You know them by their similitude, they do not ask the people repeatedly. What you spend out of goodness, God is fully aware of it.

(11:46) He said, "O Noah, he is not from your family, he committed sin, so do not ask what you have no knowledge of. I advise you not to be of the okhloman (Arab. الْجَاهِلِينَ, l-jāhilīna)."