Bible Dictionaries
Demas

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Deluge

Next Entry
Demetrius

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Demas
Thompson Chain Reference
• Demas
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Demas
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Demas
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Demas
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Demas
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Demas
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Demas
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Demas
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Demas
People's Bible Dictionary
• Demas
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Demas
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Demas
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Demas
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Demas
Lexicons
• ܕ݁ܶܐܡܳܐ
• Δημᾶς

Contracted from DEMETRIUS, or Demarchus. Paul's "fellow laborer," along with Mark and Luke (Philemon 1:24), and companion (Colossians 4:14) during his first Roman imprisonment. But he declined; for in 2 Timothy 4:10 Paul writes, "Demas hath forsaken (Greek text: "left behind") me, having loved this present world (world course), and is departed unto Thessalonica," probably his home (Chrysostom). Love of worldly ease and home comforts was his snare, a sad contrast to "all them that love Christ's appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8).