King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1215
Transliteration: dēmēgoreō
Phonetic Spelling: (day-may-gor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deliver a public address
Meaning: to deliver a public address
δημηγορέω, δημηγόρω: (imperfect ἐδημηγορουν); (to be a δημηγόρος, from δῆμος and ἀγορεύω, to harangue the people); to address a public assembly, make a speech to the people: ἐδημηγόρει πρός αὐτούς (A. V. made an oration), Acts 12:21. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others. Proverbs 30:31 (); 4 Macc. 5:15.)
Word Summary
dēmēgoreō: to deliver a public address
Original Word: δημηγορέωTransliteration: dēmēgoreō
Phonetic Spelling: (day-may-gor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deliver a public address
Meaning: to deliver a public address
Strong's Concordance
make an oration. From a compound of demos and agora; to be a people-gatherer, i.e. To address a public assembly -- make an oration.
see GREEK demos
see GREEK agora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1215: δημηγορέωδημηγορέω, δημηγόρω: (imperfect ἐδημηγορουν); (to be a δημηγόρος, from δῆμος and ἀγορεύω, to harangue the people); to address a public assembly, make a speech to the people: ἐδημηγόρει πρός αὐτούς (A. V. made an oration), Acts 12:21. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others. Proverbs 30:31