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GreekG1218Noun (Masculine)

δῆμος

dēmos

4Occurrences
G1218Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the public (as bound together socially)

from G1210 (δέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a district, country.
2.the common people, the people generally; esp. the people assembled
Synonyms
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 .
LXX: chiefly for מִשְׁפָּחָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

δῆμος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
4

Key Passages

Acts 12:22BSB

And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

Acts 17:5BSB

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 19:30BSB

Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

Acts 19:33BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.