What does Δημᾶς (Dēmâs) mean in the Bible?
Δημᾶς (Dēmâs) is a Greek word meaning "Demas, a Christian".
Greek · G1214
Δημᾶς
Demas, a Christian
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Δημᾶς G1214
Pronunciation Dēmâs
What does Δημᾶς (Dēmâs) mean in the Bible?
Δημᾶς (Dēmâs) is a Greek word meaning "Demas, a Christian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1214?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Demas (3).
Where does Δημᾶς (Dēmâs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 4:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1), Colossians (1), Philemon (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Demas 3× Colossians 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:10, Philemon 1:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Colossians 4:14
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Colossians 1 2 Timothy 1 Philemon 1
Source forms
Δημᾶς 3x Dēmas Colossians 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:10, Philemon 1:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Colossians 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:10, Philemon 1:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Demas, a Christian
Strong's G1214
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Demas, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Demas.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 4:14 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Δημᾶς. dhmav
Demas
Read verse 2 Timothy 4:10 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Δημᾶς dhmav
Demas
Read verse Philemon 1:24 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Δημᾶς, dhmav
Demas
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Col 4:14 · 2 Tim 4:10 · Phlm 1:24 3×
Word Origins
Δημᾶς is built from this root:
Δημήτριος G1216
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain