Strong's Greek · G1219

G1219 dēmósios

δημόσιος

day-mos'ee-os

public

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dēmósios appears 4 times in Scripture, all in Acts. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb) in public

In the King James Version

common, openly, publickly

Derivation

from G1218 (δῆμος);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Acts 16:37

“But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!””

Acts 5:18

“and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.”

Acts 20:20

“I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,”

Acts 18:28

“For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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