Bible Names

Demetrius: meaning of the name

Demetrius means “belonging to corn, or to Ceres.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Demetrius in Hebrew and Greek

Δημήτριος G1216

Dēmḗtrios — Demetrius, the name of an Ephesian and of a Christian

from (Ceres);

Who named Demetrius in the Bible

Demetrius in Scripture

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

  • Acts 19:24

    For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

  • Acts 19:38

    Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

  • 3 John 1:12

    Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.