Strong G1219δημόσιος
public
- Transliteration
- dēmosios
- Pronunciation
- day-mos'-ee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G1218; public; (feminine singular dative as adverb) in public: - common openly publickly.
Detailed definition
δημόσιος, -α, -ον
(δῆμος), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.2:27 4:7 *;]
belonging to the people, public: Act.5:18; dative fem. used adverbially (cl.);
__(a) at the public expense, by public consent;
__(b) publicly: Act.16:37 18:28 20:20.†
(AS)
(δῆμος), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.2:27 4:7 *;]
belonging to the people, public: Act.5:18; dative fem. used adverbially (cl.);
__(a) at the public expense, by public consent;
__(b) publicly: Act.16:37 18:28 20:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1219 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- publickly2
- common1
- openly1
First verses
- Acts 5:18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
- Acts 18:28For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
- Acts 20:20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δημόσιος,
Doric dialect δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (see. below)))], belonging to the people or state, κτέανα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.8; τὰδ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 554; δ. χρήματα 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 171; πλοῦτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80)]; χώρα, opposed to ἱερά, ἰδία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα “IG” 22.1013)]; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opposed to ἰδιωτικά, [Refs (“SIG” 1015.9 (Halic.))]; ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a12)]; δ. λόγος, = Latin fiscus, [Refs (“BGU” 193.27, “OGI” 1669.21)]; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, “IG” 22.1100.40 (2nd c.AD: Hadrianus Imperator Epigrammaticus), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.14.)]
b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.12, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.4.)]
2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 162a35, “SE” 165a5; δημόσιος κακίη)]epidemic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 19 (“Hermes” 53.67).)]
II as substantive:
II.a δημόσιος (i.e. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.121)]; policeman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 436)]; public notary, ={γραμματεύς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.129, etc.)]; public executioner, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.102)]: generally, public official, τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 69.13 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.b public victim, ={φάρμακος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1136, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]))]
II.c harlot, prostitute, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 9 (compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 148).)]
III neuter, δημόσιον, τό, the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.58; οἱ ἐκ δ.)]public officials, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 3.3.)]
III.b public building, hall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52.)]
III.c treasury, ={τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ}. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.73, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.182, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.2; ὁ ἐκ δ. μισθός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d; τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δ. “BGU” 1188.12 (Aug.), 1158.18 (1st c.BC).)]
III.d the public prison, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18.)]
III.2 τὰ δ. public archives, [Refs (“OGI” 229.108 (from Smyrna).)]
III.2.b public dues, taxes, in plural, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.938.11 (3rd c.AD), “BGU” 1018.21 (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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.8, “Lac.” 13.7.)]
V as adverb:
V.1 dative δημοσία, Ionic dialect -ίῃ, at the public expense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 396, etc.)]; by public consent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.50)]; on public service, δ. ἀποδημεῖν [Refs ([prev. author] 45.3)]; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.105)]; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.81.)]
V.2 as a community, opposed to ἰδίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b.)]
V.3 commonly, popularly, τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 4.)]
V.4 regular adverb -ίως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 151.12)]; on public business, καταπλεῦσαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 520.7 (Naxos, 3rd c.BC).)]
Doric dialect δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (see. below)))], belonging to the people or state, κτέανα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.8; τὰδ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 554; δ. χρήματα 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 171; πλοῦτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80)]; χώρα, opposed to ἱερά, ἰδία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα “IG” 22.1013)]; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opposed to ἰδιωτικά, [Refs (“SIG” 1015.9 (Halic.))]; ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a12)]; δ. λόγος, = Latin fiscus, [Refs (“BGU” 193.27, “OGI” 1669.21)]; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, “IG” 22.1100.40 (2nd c.AD: Hadrianus Imperator Epigrammaticus), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.14.)]
b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.12, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.4.)]
2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 162a35, “SE” 165a5; δημόσιος κακίη)]epidemic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 19 (“Hermes” 53.67).)]
II as substantive:
II.a δημόσιος (i.e. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.121)]; policeman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 436)]; public notary, ={γραμματεύς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.129, etc.)]; public executioner, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.102)]: generally, public official, τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 69.13 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.b public victim, ={φάρμακος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1136, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]))]
II.c harlot, prostitute, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 9 (compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 148).)]
III neuter, δημόσιον, τό, the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.58; οἱ ἐκ δ.)]public officials, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 3.3.)]
III.b public building, hall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52.)]
III.c treasury, ={τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ}. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.73, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.182, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.2; ὁ ἐκ δ. μισθός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d; τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δ. “BGU” 1188.12 (Aug.), 1158.18 (1st c.BC).)]
III.d the public prison, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18.)]
III.2 τὰ δ. public archives, [Refs (“OGI” 229.108 (from Smyrna).)]
III.2.b public dues, taxes, in plural, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.938.11 (3rd c.AD), “BGU” 1018.21 (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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.8, “Lac.” 13.7.)]
V as adverb:
V.1 dative δημοσία, Ionic dialect -ίῃ, at the public expense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 396, etc.)]; by public consent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.50)]; on public service, δ. ἀποδημεῖν [Refs ([prev. author] 45.3)]; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.105)]; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.81.)]
V.2 as a community, opposed to ἰδίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b.)]
V.3 commonly, popularly, τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 4.)]
V.4 regular adverb -ίως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 151.12)]; on public business, καταπλεῦσαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 520.7 (Naxos, 3rd c.BC).)]