Bible Lexicons

Πόπλιος , -ου , ὁ

(Latin),

Publius: Acts 28:7-8.†

literally ";proclaim as a herald beforehand"; (Acts 13:24) : cf. PSI V. 486.7 (B.C. 258–7) Ἀπολ ̣λώνιος προκεκήρυχεν στεγ ̣νὰ παρέξειν (sc. τὰ χώματα), P Petr II. 13 (18 b).10 (B.C. 258–3) ἔκθες οὖν ἔκθεμα καὶ προκήρυξον, ";issue then a public notice and advertize,"; P Eleph 23.15 (B.C. 223–2) ἣν (sc. γῆν) προκηρύσσεις ὡς οὖσαν Ψεντεῆτος τοῦ Ἐσθφήνιος, BGU III. 992i. 8 (B.C.162) τῶν προτεθέντων εἰς πρᾶσιν καὶ προκηρυχθέντων ἐν Διοσπόλει, P Oxy I. 44.21 (late i/A.D.) πολλάκις προκηρυχθεισῶν, of taxes put up to auction several times, Chrest. I. 81.16 (A.D. 197) σὺ φρόντισον σὺν τῷ βασιλ (ικῷ) γρα (μματεῖ) τὰς τάξεις προκηρῦξαι, and P Lond 1919.29 (c. A.D. 330–340) ἐφάνη δὲ ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἐν πᾶσι ἡ προκυρ ̣ι ̣σσομένη (l. προκηρυσσομένη), ";your love which is trumpeted abroad was shown in all things"; (Bell). For the corresponding subst. = ";auction,"; cf. P Oxy IV. 716.20 (A.D. 186) τὴν προκήρυξιν γενέσθαι, ";that a public auction should be held.";