people

Greek Noun Male

δῆμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּחָה;] 1) a district, country. 2) the common people, the people generally; esp. the people assembled: Act.12:22 17:5 19:30 33. SYN.: λαός, the people at large: δ, the people as a body politic; opposite to δ. is ὄχλος, the unorganized multitude. ἔθνος, in sing, means in NT as in Gk. writers generally, a nation, but in pl. denotes the rest of mankind apart from the Jews: Gentiles. λ. also, rare in cl. (Att. λεώς), is frequently in LXX and NT, and usually limited to the chosen people, Israel (cf. Cl. Rev., i, 42 f; Cremer, 689). (AS)

people

Greek Noun Male

δῆμος, Doric dialect δᾶμος (compare infr. IV), ὁ, district, country, land, Βοιωτοὶ μάλα πίονα δ. ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+] the land of dreams, [Refs] 2) the people, inhabitants of such a district, πόληΐ τε παντί τε δήμῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) hence (since the common people lived in the country, the chiefs in the city), the commons, common people, δήμου ἀνήρ, opposed to βασιλεύς, ἔξοχος ἀνήρ, etc, [NT+8th c.BC+] being a commoner, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to οἱ εὐδαίμονες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to οἱ παχέες, [Refs]; opposed to οἱ δυνατοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin plebs, [Refs 1st c.BC+]unus de plebe, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in an army, rank and file, opposed to officers, ὁ δ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) metaphorically, δ. ἰχθύων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀρνέων [Refs 4th c.AD+] III) in a political sense, the sovereign people, the free citizens, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) popular government, democracy, opposed to ὀλιγαρχίη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to οἱ τύραννοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δήμου κατάλυσις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. καταστῆσαι, καταπαύειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, democracies, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.3) the popular assembly, λέγειν ἐν τῷ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δ, formula in Inscrr, as [Refs]; of the assembly of Oxyrhynchus, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] IV) township, commune (= Doric dialect κώμη accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc:—Doric dialect δᾶμος, [Refs]: in indications of origin, Σωφάνης ἐκ δ. Δεκελεῆθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) name for a prostitute, [Refs 7th c.BC+] VI) faction in the circus, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] VII) ={κατανάγκη}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Perh. cognate with Sanskrit dā´ti 'reap', δαίομαι, δατέομαι.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

the public (as bound together socially); people; from g1210 (δέω)