What does δημόσιος (dēmósios) mean in the Bible?
δημόσιος (dēmósios): Public activity done openly before all, emphasizing visibility and community witness rather than private action.
Greek · G1219
δημόσιος
δημόσιος (dēmósios): Public activity done openly before all, emphasizing visibility and community witness rather than private action.
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δημόσιοςG1219
Pronunciationdēmósios
What does δημόσιος (dēmósios) mean in the Bible?
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1219?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include publicly (2), [the] public (1), in public [debate] (1).
Where does δημόσιος (dēmósios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 5:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itpublicly2×Acts 16:37, Acts 20:20
[the] public1×Acts 5:18
in public [debate]1×Acts 18:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 5:18
Aligned rows4
Books represented1
Acts4
Source forms
δημοσίᾳ4xdēmosiaActs 5:18, Acts 16:37, Acts 18:28, Acts 20:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular4xActs 5:18, Acts 16:37, Acts 18:28, Acts 20:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Public activity done openly before all, emphasizing visibility and community witness rather than private action.
Strong'sG1219
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms1 form4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 16:35-40Source Gloss
public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb) in public
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Public activity done openly before all, emphasizing visibility and community witness rather than private action.
(δῆμος), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.2:27 4:7 * ;] belonging to the people, public: Act.5:18; dative fem. used adverbially (cl.);
aat the public expense, by public consent;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 5:18Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
δημοσίᾳ.dhmosia
public, publicly
Read verseActs 16:37Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
δημοσίᾳ,dhmosia
public, publicly
Read verseActs 18:28Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
δημοσίᾳ,dhmosia
public, publicly
Read verseActs 20:20Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
δημοσίᾳdhmosia
public, publicly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms4Case patternDative (4)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 5:18 · Acts 16:37 · Acts 18:28 · Acts 20:204×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
In public or openly.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
δημόσιος is built from this root:
δῆμοςG1218
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes the visible injustice and need for public correction.Acts 16:35-40