Bible Names

Publius: meaning of the name

Publius means “common.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Publius in Hebrew and Greek

Πόπλιος G4196

Póplios — apparently "popular"; Poplius (i.e. Publius), a Roman

of Latin origin;

Who named Publius in the Bible

Publius in Scripture

“Publius” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 28:7

    In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.

  • Acts 28:8

    And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.