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Strong's #4196 - Πόπλιος
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Publius = "popular"
- the chief magistrate of the island of Melita
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Πόπλιος, Ποπλίου, ὁ, Publius (a Roman name), the name of a chief magistrate ((Greek ὁ πρῶτος) but see Dr. Woolsey's addition to the article 'Publius' in B. D. (American edition)) of the island of Melita; nothing more is known of him: Acts 28:7, 8.
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Πόπλιος , -ου , ὁ
(Latin),
Publius: Acts 28:7-8.†
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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.";
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