dēmosias

Strong’sG1219

public, publicly

stem dēmosi-4 times in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** δημόσιος, -α, -ον

(< δῆμος), [in LXX: II Mac 6:10, III Mac 2:27 4:7 *;]

belonging to the people, public: Ac 5:18; dat. fem. used adverbially (cl.);

(a) at the public expense, by public consent;

(b) publicly: Ac 16:37 18:28 20:20.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1219 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidday-mos'ee-os

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

Fromfrom G1218;

King Jamescommon, openly, publickly.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

δημόσιος,
Doric dialect δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+, belonging to the people or state, κτέανα Refs 6th c.BC+; χώρα, opposed to ἱερά, ἰδία, Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opposed to ἰδιωτικά, Refs; ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, Refs 4th c.BC+; δ. λόγος, = Latin fiscus, Refs; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, Refs 5th c.BC+
b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, Refs 4th c.BC+epidemic, Refs 5th c.BC+
II as substantive:
II.a δημόσιος (i.e. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, Refs 5th c.BC+; policeman, Refs 5th c.BC+; public notary, ={γραμματεύς}, Refs 4th c.BC+; public executioner, Refs 1st c.BC+: generally, public official, τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.b public victim, ={φάρμακος}, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.c harlot, prostitute, Refs 7th c.BC+
III neuter, δημόσιον, τό, the state, Refs 5th c.BC+public officials, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b public building, hall, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.c treasury, ={τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ}. Refs 5th c.BC+
III.d the public prison, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 τὰ δ. public archives, Refs
III.2.b public dues, taxes, in plural, Refs 3rd c.AD+
IV feminine, δαμοσία (i.e. σκηνή), ἡ, tent of the Spartan kings: hence οἱ περὶ δαμοσίαν the king's council, Refs 5th c.BC+
V as adverb:
V.1 dative δημοσία, Ionic dialect -ίῃ, at the public expense, Refs 5th c.BC+; by public consent, Refs 4th c.BC+; on public service, δ. ἀποδημεῖν Refs; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, Refs 4th c.BC+
V.2 as a community, opposed to ἰδίᾳ, Refs 5th c.BC+
V.3 commonly, popularly, τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά Refs 2nd c.AD+
V.4 regular adverb -ίωςRefs 2nd c.AD+; on public business, καταπλεῦσαι Refs 3rd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

public3×publicly1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	dēmosios	dēmosias	dēmosiem	dēmosiois	dēmosiais	dēmosieim
object accusative	dēmosion	dēmosian		dēmosioin	dēmosiain
direct address vocative	dēmosior	dēmosiar		dēmosioir	dēmosiair
of, belonging to genitive	dēmosiou	dēmosiau	dēmosieu	dēmosioiu	dēmosiaiu	dēmosieiu
to, for dative	dēmosio	dēmosia4×δημοσίᾳ	dēmosie	dēmosioi	dēmosiai	dēmosiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

dēmosistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

dēmosi is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

dēmosia“public”to, fordative singular4×

Acts 5:18… apostoloin kai tithela autoin en tērēsia dēmosia.… apostles and put them in the public jail.

Acts 16:37“public”… Paulos fēate pros autoin; Derarantois nin dēmosia akatakritoin, anthrōpoin Rōmaioin huparcharōntoin, balala eis …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 …

Acts 18:28eutonōs gar toi Ioudaioi diakatelenchote dēmosia epideikarōntos dia taiu grafaiu arō ton …… he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that …

Acts 20:20… mē anangelara vi kai didaskara vin dēmosia kai kata oikoin,… to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,