démos
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1218. démos

démos: a district or country, the common people, esp. the people assembled
Original Word: δῆμος, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: démos
Phonetic Spelling: (day'-mos)
Short Definition: the people, multitude, rabble
Definition: properly: the people, especially citizens of a Greek city in popular assembly, but in NT, multitude, rabble.

1218 dḗmos (from 1210 /déō, "to bind, tie") – people bound (tied) together by similar laws or customs (like citizens in an ancient Greek city forming an assembly, cf. 1577 /ekklēsía).

In the NT, 1218 (dḗmos) refers to people unified in conviction and showing it in public opinion, i.e. their "collective persuasion."

[1218 (dḗmos) is the root of the English word, "democracy." Ancient Greek used 1218 (dḗmos) for "the body politic" (J. Thayer).]

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a district or country, the common people, esp. the people assembled
NASB Word Usage
assembly (2), people (2).

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people.

From deo; the public (as bound together socially) -- people.

see GREEK deo

ἐδήλωσέν — 1 Occ.
ἐδηλώθη — 1 Occ.
ἐδήλου — 1 Occ.
Δημᾶς — 3 Occ.
ἐδημηγόρει — 1 Occ.
Δημητρίῳ — 1 Occ.
Δημήτριος — 2 Occ.
δημιουργὸς — 1 Occ.
δήμῳ — 1 Occ.
δῆμον — 2 Occ.
δημοσίᾳ — 4 Occ.
δηνάρια — 3 Occ.
δηναρίων — 4 Occ.
δηνάριον — 5 Occ.
δηναρίου — 4 Occ.
δήποτε — 1 Occ.
δι' — 148 Occ.
διὰ — 521 Occ.
Διαβὰς — 1 Occ.
διαβῆναι — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 1218
4 Occurrences


δήμῳ — 1 Occ.
δῆμον — 2 Occ.
δῆμος — 1 Occ.

Acts 12:22 N-NMS
BIB: ὁ δὲ δῆμος ἐπεφώνει Θεοῦ
NAS: The people kept crying out, The voice
KJV: And the people gave a shout,
INT: and [the] people were crying out Of a god

Acts 17:5 N-AMS
BIB: εἰς τὸν δῆμον
NAS: to bring them out to the people.
KJV: them out to the people.
INT: to the people

Acts 19:30 N-AMS
BIB: εἰς τὸν δῆμον οὐκ εἴων
NAS: to go into the assembly, the disciples
KJV: in unto the people, the disciples
INT: to the people not did let

Acts 19:33 N-DMS
BIB: ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ
NAS: to make a defense to the assembly.
KJV: have made his defence unto the people.
INT: to make a defense to the people

4 Occurrences


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