Bible Names

Demas: meaning of the name

Demas means “popular.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Demas in Hebrew and Greek

Δημᾶς G1214

Dēmâs — Demas, a Christian

probably for G1216 (Δημήτριος);

Who named Demas in the Bible

Demas in Scripture

“Demas” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Colossians 4:14

    Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

  • Philemon 1:24

    Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.