adjective

dēmosias

Greekδημόσιος (dēmosios)

Strong’sG1219

public, publicly

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

Translated as

public3×publicly1×

What it means

** 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.

Every form

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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

dēmosia“public”to, fordative singular4×

Acts 5:18“public”kai epiballala tain cheirain epi toin apostoloin kai tithela autoin en tērēsia dēmosia.and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Acts 16:37“public”tos de Paulos fēate pros autoin; Deraratois nin dēmosia akatakritoin, anthrōpoin Rōmaioin huparcharōtoin, ballala eis fulakan; kai nun lathra nin ekballalō? ouk gar, alla ercharatois autois nin exagalar.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 18:28“public”eutonōs gar toi Ioudaioi diakatelenchete dēmosia epideiknuarōtos dia taiu grafaiu arō ton christon Iēsun.For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 20:20“publicly”hōs oudenem hupostellema teiu sumferarōteiu teu mē anangellara vi kai didaskara vin dēmosia kai kata oikoin,I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,