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GreekG4172Noun (Feminine)

πόλις

polis

156Occurrences
G4172Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)

probably from the same as G4171 (πόλεμος), or perhaps from G4183 (πολύς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a city: , mult.; opposite to *κῶμαι *(κ. καὶ ἀγροί); with nom. propr. in appos. (BL, §35, 5); genitive, of the region; of the inhabitants,; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία π.; ἡ ἠγαπημένη; π. τοῦ μεγάλου, ̈35 :2); of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions 14ff.
19.By meton., of the inhabitants of a city
LXX: chiefly and very frequently for עִיר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πόλις appears 156 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
42
Luke
36
Matthew
25
Revelation
25
Mark
9
John
8
Hebrews
4
2 Corinthians
2

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 11:26BSB

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

Acts 21:39BSB

But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

Luke 10:8BSB

If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

Luke 9:5BSB

If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

Mark 14:16BSB

So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.