Dēmos δῆμος
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| δῆμος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dēmos |
| Strong's number | G1218 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | people |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
Dēmos (Greek δῆμος, Strong's G1218) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “people”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
δῆμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּחָה ;]
1. a district, country.
2. the common people, the people generally; esp. the people assembled: Act.12:22 17:5 19:30 33.
† SYN.: λαός, the people at large: δ., the people as a body politic; opposite to δ. is ὄχλος, the unorganized multitude. ἔθνος, in sing., means in NT as in Gk. writers generally, a nation, but in pl. denotes the rest of mankind apart from the Jews: Gentiles. λ. also, rare in cl. (Att... λεώς), is frequently in LXX and NT, and usually limited to the chosen people, Israel (cf. Cl. Rev., i, 42 f.; Cremer, 689). (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּחָה ;]
1. a district, country.
2. the common people, the people generally; esp. the people assembled: Act.12:22 17:5 19:30 33.
† SYN.: λαός, the people at large: δ., the people as a body politic; opposite to δ. is ὄχλος, the unorganized multitude. ἔθνος, in sing., means in NT as in Gk. writers generally, a nation, but in pl. denotes the rest of mankind apart from the Jews: Gentiles. λ. also, rare in cl. (Att... λεώς), is frequently in LXX and NT, and usually limited to the chosen people, Israel (cf. Cl. Rev., i, 42 f.; Cremer, 689). (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | people (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | people (2), assembly (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Dēmos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 12:22And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- Acts 17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
- Acts 19:30And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
- Acts 19:33And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).