Word Summary
Dēmas: Demas, a companion of Paul
Original Word: ΔημᾶςTransliteration: Dēmas
Phonetic Spelling: (day-mas')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Demas, a companion of Paul
Meaning: Demas -- a companion of Paul
Strong's Concordance
Demas.
Probably for Demetrios; Demas, a Christian -- Demas.
see GREEK Demetrios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1214: ΔημᾶςΔημᾶς,
ὁ,
Demas, (proper name, contracted apparently
Δημήτριος, cf.
Winers Grammar, 103 (97); (on its declension, cf.
Buttmann, 20 (18))), a companion of Paul, who deserted the apostle when he was a prisoner at Rome and returned to Thessalonica:
Colossians 4:14;
Philemon 1:24;
2 Timothy 4:10.