Poplios identifies the island's leading man and names the father who lay sick.

The term is used as a personal name: in Acts 28:7 it identifies the island's leading man whose properties received the visitors, and in Acts 28:8 it identifies the man whose father was ill.

1. Personal name in the island narrative · dominant

   The dative singular masculine form in Acts 28:7 occurs in the clause about properties belonging to the island's leading man; the APB renders the verse with "Publius." The genitive singular masculine form in Acts 28:8 identifies the father of that same man, whom the APB says was lying sick.

   Acts 28:7Acts 28:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as "Publius" in both Acts 28:7 and Acts 28:8.