Strong's Greek Concordance

G1218: δῆμος

dēmos · “people”

Definition

the public (as bound together socially)

KJV translates it as: people

Word origin: from G1210 (δέω);

Extended definition

δῆμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּחָה ;]
1. a district, country.
2. the common people, the people generally; esp. the people assembled: Act.12:22 17:5 19:30 33.
† SYN.: 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 (cf. Cl. Rev., i, 42 f.; Cremer, 689). (AS)

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How G1218 is translated

  • the people ×1
  • people; ×1
  • people ×1
  • people. ×1

Bible verses with G1218 (dēmos)

Dēmos appears in 4 verses.

  • Acts 12:22

    And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

  • Acts 17:5

    But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

  • Acts 19:30

    And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

  • Acts 19:33

    And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

Words derived from G1218

ἀπόδημος G590

apódēmos — absent

δημηγορέω G1215

dēmēgoréō — to give a speech

δημιουργός G1217

dēmiourgós — builder

δημόσιος G1219

dēmósios — public

ἐκδημέω G1553

ekdēméō — be away

ἐνδημέω G1736

endēméō — be home

ἐνδόμησις G1739

endómēsis — material

ἐπιδημέω G1927

epidēméō — to sojourn

Νικόδημος G3530

Nikódēmos — Nicodemus