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Lexicon :: Strong's G4172 - polis

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πόλις
Transliteration
polis (Key)
Pronunciation
pol'-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as πόλεμος (G4171), or perhaps from πολύς (G4183)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:516,906

Strong’s Definitions

πόλις pólis, pol'-is; probably from the same as G4171, or perhaps from G4183; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size):—city.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 164x

The KJV translates Strong's G4172 in the following manner: city (164x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 164x
The KJV translates Strong's G4172 in the following manner: city (164x).

  1. a city

    1. one's native city, the city in which one lives

    2. the heavenly Jerusalem

      1. the abode of the blessed in heaven

      2. of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

    3. the inhabitants of a city

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πόλις pólis, pol'-is; probably from the same as G4171, or perhaps from G4183; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size):—city.
STRONGS G4172:
πόλις, πολισεως, ἡ (πέλομαι, to dwell (or rather denoting originally 'fullness,' 'throng'; allied with Latin pleo, 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 (Psalms 48:2), 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
47:2; 48:2
Matthew
2:23; 5:35; 8:34; 9:35; 10:5; 10:11; 10:23; 12:25; 21:10; 22:7
Mark
1:33; 1:45; 6:56
Luke
1:26; 1:39; 2:4; 2:11; 4:29; 4:29; 4:31; 8:1; 10:11; 13:22; 23:51
John
1:44; 4:5; 11:54
Acts
5:16; 8:5; 11:5; 13:44; 14:6; 14:21; 16:14; 16:20; 19:35; 21:30; 21:39; 24:12
2 Corinthians
11:32
Hebrews
11:10; 11:16; 12:22; 13:14
2 Peter
2:6
Revelation
3:12; 16:19; 20:9; 21:2; 21:14; 22:14; 22:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4172 matches the Greek πόλις (polis),
which occurs 1,196 times in 1,037 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 21 (Gen 4:17–Gen 44:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he [fn]built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12 - and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommæans in the city Save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five wanting? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12 - And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here sons-in-law, or sons or daughters, or if thou hast any other friend in the city, bring them out of this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to [fn]thee also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which thou hast spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not be able to do anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - And it came to pass that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, God remembered Abraam, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - [fn] surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came to lament for Sarrha and to mourn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Chet, and Ephron the Chettite answered Abraam and spoke in the hearing of the sons of Chet, and of all who entered the city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - And the servant took ten camels of his master's camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - And he [fn]rested his camels without the city by the well of water towards evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13 - Lo! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and [fn]took up a position in front of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - But the sons of Jacob came upon the [fn]wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27 - And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam and Isaac sojourned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32 - And Balac, son of Beor, reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dennaba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - And Asom died; and Adad son of Barad, who cut off Madiam in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39 - And Ballenon the son of Achobor died; and Arad the son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Phogor; and the name of his wife was Metebeel, daughter of Matraith, son of Maizoöb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:35 - And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are coming, and let the corn be gathered under the hand of Pharao; let food be kept in the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - And Pharao called the name of Joseph, Psonthomphanech; and he gave him Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - And they rent their garments, and laid each man his sack on his ass, and returned to the city.

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