δῆμοςdēmos
the public (as bound together socially)
Greek (New Testament) · G1218
Meanings
1. a district, country.
2. the common people, the people generally; especially the people assembled: Acts 12:22, Acts 17:5, Acts 19:30, Acts 19:33.
Synonyms
λαός, the people at large: δ., the people as a body politic; opposed to δ. is ὄχλος, the unorganized multitude. ἔθνος, in sing., means in NT as in Gk. writers generally, a nation, but in plural denotes the rest of mankind apart from the Jews: Gentiles. λ. also, rare in classical Greek (Att... λεώς), is frequently in LXX and NT, and usually limited to the chosen people, Israel.
Same root
- δέωdéō · G1210to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- δημιουργόςdēmiourgós · G1217a worker for the people, i.e. mechanic (spoken of the Creator)
- δημόσιοςdēmósios · G1219public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb) in public
- δημηγορέωdēmēgoréō · G1215to be a people-gatherer, i.e. to address a public assembly
- ἀπόδημοςapódēmos · G590absent from one's own people, i.e. a foreign traveller
- ἐπιδημέωepidēméō · G1927to make oneself at home, i.e. (by extension) to reside (in a foreign country)
- ἐνδημέωendēméō · G1736to be in one's own country, i.e. home (figuratively)
- ἐκδημέωekdēméō · G1553to emigrate, i.e. (figuratively) vacate or quit
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Acts 12:22 The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!”
- Acts 17:5 But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.
- Acts 19:30 Paul wanted to go in, too, but the believers wouldn’t let him.
- Acts 19:33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward and told him to explain the situation. He motioned for silence and tried to speak.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.