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Strong's Concordance polis: a city Original Word: πόλις, εως, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: polis Phonetic Spelling: (pol'-is) Short Definition: a city Definition: a city, the inhabitants of a city. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4172: πόλις πόλις, πολισεως, ἡ (πέλομαι, to dwell (or rather denoting originally 'fullness,' 'throng'; allied with Latinpleo, plebs, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 79 and § 374; Vanicek, p. 499; (otherwise Fick 1:138))) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for עִיר, besides for קִרְיָה, שַׁעַר (gate), etc., a city; a. universally, Matthew 2:23; Mark 1:45; Luke 4:29; John 11:54; Acts 5:16, and very often in the historical books of the N. T.; κατά τήν πόλιν, through the city (A. V. in; see κατά, II. 1 a.), Acts 24:12; κατά πόλιν, κατά πόλεις, see κατά, II. 3a. α., p. 328a; opposed to κῶμαι, Matthew 9:35; Matthew 10:11; Luke 8:1; Luke 13:22; to κῶμαι καί ἀγροί, Mark 6:56; ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, see ἴδιος, 1b., p. 297a; πόλις with the genitive of a person one's native city, Luke 2:4, 11; John 1:44(45); or the city in which one lives, Matthew 22:7; Luke 4:29; Luke 10:11; Acts 16:20; Revelation 16:19; Jerusalem is called, on account of the temple erected there, πόλις τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως, i. e. in which the great King of Israel, Jehovah, has his abode, Matthew 5:35; Psalm 47:2 (), cf. Tobit 13:15; also ἅγια πόλις (see ἅγιος, 1 a., p. 7a) and ἡ ἠγαπημένη, the beloved of God, Revelation 20:9. with the genitive of a gentile noun: Δαμασκηνῶν, 2 Corinthians 11:32; Ἐφεσίων, Acts 19:35; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Luke 23:51; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 10:23; Σαμαρειτῶν, Matthew 10:5; with the genitive of a region: τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Luke 1:26; Luke 4:31; Ιουδα, of the tribe of Judah, Luke 1:39; Λυκαονίας, Acts 14:6; Κιλικίας, Acts 21:39; τῆς Σαμαρείας, John 4:5; Acts 8:5. As in classical Greek the proper name of the city is added — either in the nominative case, as πόλις Ἰόππη, Acts 11:5; or in the genitive, as πόλις Σοδομων, Γομορρας, 2 Peter 2:6; Θυατείρων, Acts 16:14. b. used of the heavenly Jerusalem (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, 2), i. e. α. the abode of the blessed, in heaven: Hebrews 11:10, 16; with Θεοῦ ζῶντος added, Hebrews 12:22; ἡ μελλουσα πόλις, Hebrews 13:14. β. in the visions of the Apocalypse it is used of the visible capital of the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world: Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:14ff; 22:14; ἡ πόλις ἡ ἅγια, Revelation 22:19; with Ἱερουσαλήμ καινή added, Revelation 21:2. c. πόλις by metonymy, for the inhabitants: Matthew 8:34; Acts 14:21; πᾶσα ἡ πόλις, Matthew 21:10; Acts 13:44; ἡ πόλις ὅλῃ, Mark 1:33; Acts 21:30; πόλις μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς, Matthew 12:25. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size) -- city. see GREEK polus see GREEK polemos Forms and Transliterations πολει πόλει πολεις πόλεις πόλεσι πόλεσί πολεσιν πόλεσιν πολεων πόλεων πόλεών πολεως πόλεως πόλεώς πολιν πόλιν πολις πόλις πολις΄ polei pólei poleis póleis poleon poleōn póleon póleōn poleos poleōs póleos póleōs polesin pólesin polin pólin polis pólis Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 4172 165 Occurrences πόλει — 23 Occ. πόλεις — 12 Occ. πόλεων — 6 Occ. πόλεως — 36 Occ. πόλεσιν — 2 Occ. πόλιν — 64 Occ. πόλις — 22 Occ. Matthew 2:23 N-AFS GRK: κατῴκησεν εἰς πόλιν λεγομένην Ναζαρέτ NAS: and lived in a city called KJV: and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: INT: he dwelt in a city called Nazareth Matthew 4:5 N-AFS GRK: τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν καὶ ἔστησεν NAS: Him into the holy city and had Him stand KJV: into the holy city, and setteth INT: the holy city and sets Matthew 5:14 N-NFS GRK: οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω NAS: of the world. A city set KJV: of the world. A city that is set INT: not is able A city to be hidden on Matthew 5:35 N-NFS GRK: Ἰεροσόλυμα ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ NAS: by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KJV: for it is the city of the great King. INT: Jerusalem because [the] city it is of the Matthew 8:33 N-AFS GRK: εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀπήγγειλαν πάντα NAS: and went to the city and reported KJV: into the city, and told INT: into the city related everything Matthew 8:34 N-NFS GRK: πᾶσα ἡ πόλις ἐξῆλθεν εἰς NAS: the whole city came KJV: behold, the whole city came out to INT: all the city went out to Matthew 9:1 N-AFS GRK: τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν NAS: [the sea] and came to His own city. KJV: into his own city. INT: [his] own city Matthew 9:35 N-AFP GRK: Ἰησοῦς τὰς πόλεις πάσας καὶ NAS: all the cities and villages, KJV: all the cities and INT: Jesus the cities all and Matthew 10:5 N-AFS GRK: καὶ εἰς πόλιν Σαμαριτῶν μὴ NAS: and do not enter [any] city of the Samaritans; KJV: into [any] city of the Samaritans INT: and into a city of [the] Samaritians not Matthew 10:11 N-AFS GRK: δ' ἂν πόλιν ἢ κώμην NAS: And whatever city or village KJV: into whatsoever city or town INT: moreover anyhow city or village Matthew 10:14 N-GFS GRK: ἢ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης ἐκτινάξατε NAS: or that city, shake KJV: house or city, shake off the dust INT: or the city that shake off Matthew 10:15 N-DFS GRK: ἢ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ NAS: of judgment than for that city. KJV: than for that city. INT: than the city for that Matthew 10:23 N-DFS GRK: ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ φεύγετε NAS: you in one city, flee KJV: in this city, flee ye into INT: in the city one flee Matthew 10:23 N-AFP GRK: τελέσητε τὰς πόλεις τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ NAS: to you, you will not finish [going through] the cities of Israel KJV: have gone over the cities of Israel, INT: will you have completed the cities of Israel Matthew 11:1 N-DFP GRK: ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν NAS: to teach and preach in their cities. KJV: in their cities. INT: in the cities of them Matthew 11:20 N-AFP GRK: ὀνειδίζειν τὰς πόλεις ἐν αἷς NAS: to denounce the cities in which KJV: to upbraid the cities wherein INT: to insult the cities in which Matthew 12:25 N-NFS GRK: καὶ πᾶσα πόλις ἢ οἰκία NAS: is laid waste; and any city or house KJV: and every city or house INT: and every city or house Matthew 14:13 N-GFP GRK: ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων NAS: Him on foot from the cities. KJV: on foot out of the cities. INT: from the towns Matthew 21:10 N-NFS GRK: πᾶσα ἡ πόλις λέγουσα Τίς NAS: all the city was stirred, KJV: all the city was moved, INT: all the city saying Who Matthew 21:17 N-GFS GRK: ἔξω τῆς πόλεως εἰς Βηθανίαν NAS: them and went out of the city to Bethany, KJV: and went out of the city into Bethany; INT: out of the city to Bethany Matthew 21:18 N-AFS GRK: εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐπείνασεν NAS: when He was returning to the city, He became hungry. KJV: into the city, he hungered. INT: into the city he hungered Matthew 22:7 N-AFS GRK: καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησεν NAS: murderers and set their city on fire. KJV: burned up their city. INT: and the city of them he burnt Matthew 23:34 N-GFS GRK: διώξετε ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν NAS: and persecute from city to city, KJV: persecute [them] from city to city: INT: will persecute from town to town Matthew 23:34 N-AFS GRK: πόλεως εἰς πόλιν NAS: and persecute from city to city, KJV: city to city: INT: town to town Matthew 26:18 N-AFS GRK: εἰς τὴν πόλιν πρὸς τὸν NAS: Go into the city to a certain man, KJV: Go into the city to such a man, INT: into the city unto a 165 Occurrences