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Strong's #1216: Demetrios (pronounced day-may'-tree-os)

from Demeter (Ceres); Demetrius, the name of an Ephesian and of a Christian:--Demetrius.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Dēmētrios

Demetrius = "belonging to Ceres"

1) a heathen silversmith at Ephesus

2) a certain Christian, 3Jo 12

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from Demeter (Ceres)




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Acts 19:24: "For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines"
Acts 19:38: "Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with"
3 John 1:12: " Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth"









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