Strong's Greek: 1218. δῆμος (dēmos) -- a district or country, the common people, the people assembled

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Lexical Summary

dēmos: a district or country, the common people, the people assembled

Original Word: δῆμος
Transliteration: dēmos
Phonetic Spelling: (day'-mos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a district or country, the common people, the people assembled
Meaning: a district or country, the common people, the people assembled

Strong's Concordance

people.

From deo; the public (as bound together socially) -- people.

see GREEK deo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1218: δῆμος

δῆμος, δήμου ὁ, the people, the mass of the people assembled in a public place: Acts 12:22; Acts 19:33; ἄγειν (R G), εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τόν δῆμον: Acts 17:5 (L T Tr WH προάγειν); Acts 19:30. (From Homer down.) [SYNONYMS: δῆμος, λαός: in classic Greek δῆμος denotes the people as organized into a body politic; λαός, the unorganized people at large. But in biblical Greek λαός, is used especially of the chosen people of God; δῆμος, on the other hand (found only in Acts) denotes the people of a heathen city. Cf. Trench, § xcviii.; Schmidt, chapter 199.]

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