Public
δημόσιοςStrong’s G1219dēmosios
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dēmosios is the Greek word usually translated “publicly” and “public”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.”
Meaning
Usually translated “publicly” and “public”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- publicly 3
- public 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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,
Greek dictionary
δημόσιος dēmosios · public
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “public” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PUB'LIC, adjective
[Latin publicus, from the root of populus, people; that is, people-like.]
- Pertaining to a nation, state or community; extending to a whole people; as a public law, which binds the people of a nation or state, as opposed to a private statute or resolve, which respects an individual or a corporation only.
- Common to many; current or circulated among people of all classes; general; as public report; public scandal.
- Open; notorious; exposed to all persons without restriction.“Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily” Matthew 1:19
- Regarding the community; directed to the interest of a nation, state or community; as public spirit; public mindedness; opposed to private or selfish.
All definitions and other forms of “public”
- Open for general entertainment; as a public house.
- Open to common use; as a public road.
- In general, public expresses something common to mankind at large, to a nation, state, city or town, and is opposed to private, which denotes what belongs to an individual, to a family, to a company or corporation.
PUB'LIC, noun
The general body of mankind or of a nation, state or community; the people, indefinitely.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.