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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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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, (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; 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 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; 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; πόλις 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 πόλις, Matthew 21:10; Acts 13:44; 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

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Strong's Number G4172 matches the Greek πόλις (polis),
which occurs 164 times in 155 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Mat 2:23–Luk 8:27)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - And G2532 he came G2064 and dwelt G2730 in G1519 a city G4172 called G3004 Nazareth: G3478 that G3704 it might be fulfilled G4137 which G3588 was spoken G4483 by G1223 the prophets, G4396 G3754 He shall be called G2564 a Nazarene. G3480
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 - Then G5119 the devil G1228 taketh G3880  him G846 up G3880 into G1519 the holy G40 city, G4172 and G2532 setteth G2476 him G846 on G1909 a pinnacle G4419 of the temple, G2411
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:14 - Ye G5210 are G2075 the light G5457 of the world. G2889 A city G4172 that is set G2749 on G1883 an hill G3735 cannot G3756 G1410 be hid. G2928
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - Nor G3383 by G1722 the earth; G1093 for G3754 it is G2076 his G846 footstool: G4228 G5286 neither G3383 by G1519 Jerusalem; G2414 for G3754 it is G2076 the city G4172 of the great G3173 King. G935
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:33 - And G1161 they that kept G1006 them fled, G5343 and G2532 went their ways G565 into G1519 the city, G4172 and told G518 every thing, G3956 and G2532 what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. G1139
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:34 - And, G2532 behold, G2400 the whole G3956 city G4172 came out G1831 to G1519 meet G4877 Jesus: G2424 and G2532 when they saw G1492 him, G846 they besought G3870 him that G3704 he would depart G3327 out of G575 their G846 coasts. G3725
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:1 - And G2532 he entered G1684 into G1519 a ship, G4143 and passed over, G1276 and G2532 came G2064 into G1519 his own G2398 city. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:35 - And G2532 Jesus G2424 went about G4013 all G3956 the cities G4172 and G2532 villages, G2968 teaching G1321 in G1722 their G846 synagogues, G4864 and G2532 preaching G2784 the gospel G2098 of the kingdom, G932 and G2532 healing G2323 every G3956 sickness G3554 and G2532 every G3956 disease G3119 among G1722 the people. G2992
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:5 - These G5128 twelve G1427 Jesus G2424 sent forth, G649 and commanded G3853 them, G846 saying, G3004 Go G565 not G3361 into G1519 the way G3598 of the Gentiles, G1484 and G2532 into G1519 any city G4172 of the Samaritans G4541 enter ye G1525 not: G3361
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - And G1161 into G1519 whatsoever G302 G3739 city G4172 or G2228 town G2968 ye shall enter, G1525 enquire G1833 who G5101 in G1722 it G846 is G2076 worthy; G514 and there G2546 abide G3306 till G302 G2193 ye go thence. G1831
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - And G2532 whosoever G3739 shall G1209  not G3362 receive G1209 you, G5209 nor G3366 hear G191 your G5216 words, G3056 when ye depart out G1831 of that G1565 house G3614 or G2228 city, G4172 shake off G1621 the dust G2868 of your G5216 feet. G4228
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 It shall be G2071 more tolerable G414 for the land G1093 of Sodom G4670 and G2532 Gomorrha G1116 in G1722 the day G2250 of judgment, G2920 than G2228 for that G1565 city. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - But G1161 when G3752 they persecute G1377 you G5209 in G1722 this G5026 city, G4172 flee ye G5343 into G1519 another: G243 for G1063 verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 Ye shall G5055  not G3364 have gone over G5055 the cities G4172 of Israel, G2474 till G2193 the Son G5207 of man G444 be G302 come. G2064
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:1 - And G2532 it came to pass, G1096 when G3753 Jesus G2424 had made an end G5055 of commanding G1299 his G846 twelve G1427 disciples, G3101 he departed G3327 thence G1564 to teach G1321 and G2532 to preach G2784 in G1722 their G846 cities. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:20 - Then G5119 began he G756 to upbraid G3679 the cities G4172 wherein G1722 G3739 most G4118 of his G846 mighty works G1411 were done, G1096 because G3754 they repented G3340 not: G3756
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:25 - And G1161 Jesus G2424 knew G1492 their G846 thoughts, G1761 and said G2036 unto them, G846 Every G3956 kingdom G932 divided G3307 against G2596 itself G1438 is brought to desolation; G2049 and G2532 every G3956 city G4172 or G2228 house G3614 divided G3307 against G2596 itself G1438 shall G2476  not G3756 stand: G2476
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - When G2532 Jesus G2424 heard G191 of it, he departed G402 thence G1564 by G1722 ship G4143 into G1519 a desert G2048 place G5117 apart: G2596 G2398 and G2532 when the people G3793 had heard G191 thereof, they followed G190 him G846 on foot G3979 out of G575 the cities. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:10 - And G2532 when he G846 was come G1525 into G1519 Jerusalem, G2414 all G3956 the city G4172 was moved, G4579 saying, G3004 Who G5101 is G2076 this? G3778
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:17 - And G2532 he left G2641 them, G846 and went G1831 out of G1854 the city G4172 into G1519 Bethany; G963 and G2532 he lodged G835 there. G1563
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:18 - Now G1161 in the morning G4405 as he returned G1877 into G1519 the city, G4172 he hungered. G3983
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:7 - But G1161 when the king G935 heard G191 thereof, he was wroth: G3710 and G2532 he sent forth G3992 his G846 armies, G4753 and destroyed G622 those G1565 murderers, G5406 and G2532 burned up G1714 their G846 city. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - Wherefore, G1223 G5124 behold, G2400 I G1473 send G649 unto G4314 you G5209 prophets, G4396 and G2532 wise men, G4680 and G2532 scribes: G1122 and G2532 some of G1537 them G846 ye shall kill G615 and G2532 crucify; G4717 and G2532 some of G1537 them G846 shall ye scourge G3146 in G1722 your G5216 synagogues, G4864 and G2532 persecute G1377 them from G575 city G4172 to G1519 city: G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:18 - And G1161 he said, G2036 Go G5217 into G1519 the city G4172 to G4314 such a man, G1170 and G2532 say G2036 unto him, G846 The Master G1320 saith, G3004 My G3450 time G2540 is G2076 at hand; G1451 I will keep G4160 the passover G3957 at G4314 thy house G4571 with G3326 my G3450 disciples. G3101
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:53 - And G2532 came G1831 out of G1537 the graves G3419 after G3326 his G846 resurrection, G1454 and went G1525 into G1519 the holy G40 city, G4172 and G2532 appeared G1718 unto many. G4183
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:11 - Now G1161 when they G846 were going, G4198 behold, G2400 some G5100 of the watch G2892 came G2064 into G1519 the city, G4172 and shewed G518 unto the chief priests G749 all the things G537 that were done. G1096
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:33 - And G2532 all G3650 the city G4172 was G2258 gathered together G1996 at G4314 the door. G2374
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But G1161 he went out, G1831 and began G756 to publish G2784 it much, G4183 and G2532 to blaze abroad G1310 the matter, G3056 insomuch that G5620 Jesus G846 could G1410 no more G3371 openly G5320 enter G1525 into G1519 the city, G4172 but G235 was G2258 without G1854 in G1722 desert G2048 places: G5117 and G2532 they came G2064 to G4314 him G846 from every quarter. G3836
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:14 - And G1161 they that fed G1006 the swine G5519 fled, G5343 and G2532 told G312 it in G1519 the city, G4172 and G2532 in G1519 the country. G68 And G2532 they went out G1831 to see G1492 what G5101 it was G2076 that was done. G1096
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:11 - And G2532 whosoever G3745 G302 shall G1209  not G3361 receive G1209 you, G5209 nor G3366 hear G191 you, G5216 when ye depart G1607 thence, G1564 shake off G1621 the dust G5522 under G5270 your G5216 feet G4228 for G1519 a testimony G3142 against them. G846 Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 It shall be G2071 more tolerable G414 for Sodom G4670 and G2228 Gomorrha G1116 in G1722 the day G2250 of judgment, G2920 than G2228 for that G1565 city. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:33 - And G2532 the people G3793 saw G1492 them G846 departing, G5217 and G2532 many G4183 knew G1921 him, G846 and G2532 ran G4936 afoot G3979 thither G1563 out of G575 all G3956 cities, G4172 and G2532 outwent G4281 them, G846 and G2532 came together G4905 unto G4314 him. G846
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And G2532 whithersoever G3699 G302 he entered, G1531 into G1519 villages, G2968 or G2228 cities, G4172 or G2228 country, G68 they laid G5087 the sick G770 in G1722 the streets, G58 and G2532 besought G3870 him G846 that G2443 they might touch G680 if G2579  it were but G2579 the border G2899 of his G846 garment: G2440 and G2532 as many G3745 as G302 touched G680 him G846 were made whole. G4982
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:19 - And G2532 when G3753 even G3796 was come, G1096 he went G1607 out of G1854 the city. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:13 - And G2532 he sendeth forth G649 two G1417 of his G846 disciples, G3101 and G2532 saith G3004 unto them, G846 Go ye G5217 into G1519 the city, G4172 and G2532 there shall meet G528 you G5213 a man G444 bearing G941 a pitcher G2765 of water: G5204 follow G190 him. G846
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:16 - And G2532 his G846 disciples G3101 went forth, G1831 and G2532 came G2064 into G1519 the city, G4172 and G2532 found G2147 as G2531 he had said G2036 unto them: G846 and G2532 they made ready G2090 the passover. G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:26 - And G1161 in G1722 the sixth G1623 month G3376 the angel G32 Gabriel G1043 was sent G649 from G5259 God G2316 unto G1519 a city G4172 of Galilee, G1056 named G3739 G3686 Nazareth, G3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - And G1161 Mary G3137 arose G450 in G1722 those G5025 days, G2250 and went G4198 into G1519 the hill country G3714 with G3326 haste, G4710 into G1519 a city G4172 of Juda; G2448
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:3 - And G2532 all G3956 went G4198 to be taxed, G583 every one G1538 into G1519 his own G2398 city. G4172
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:4 - And G1161 Joseph G2501 also G2532 went up G305 from G575 Galilee, G1056 out of G1537 the city G4172 of Nazareth, G3478 into G1519 Judaea, G2449 unto G1519 the city G4172 of David, G1138 which G3748 is called G2564 Bethlehem; G965 (because G1223 he G846 was G1511 of G1537 the house G3624 and G2532 lineage G3965 of David:) G1138
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:11 - For G3754 unto you G5213 is born G5088 this day G4594 in G1722 the city G4172 of David G1138 a Saviour, G4990 which G3739 is G2076 Christ G5547 the Lord. G2962
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:39 - And G2532 when G5613 they had performed G5055 all things G537 according G2596 to the law G3551 of the Lord, G2962 they returned G5290 into G1519 Galilee, G1056 to G1519 their own G846 city G4172 Nazareth. G3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - And G2532 rose up, G450 and thrust G1544 him G846 out of G1854 the city, G4172 and G2532 led G71 him G846 unto G2193 the brow G3790 of the hill G3735 whereon G1909 G3739 their G846 city G4172 was built, G3618 that G1519 they might cast G2630  him G846 down headlong. G2630
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:31 - And G2532 came down G2718 to G1519 Capernaum, G2584 a city G4172 of Galilee, G1056 and G2532 taught G1321 them G846 G2258 on G1722 the sabbath days. G4521
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:43 - And G1161 he said G2036 unto G4314 them, G846 G3754 I G3165 must G1163 preach G2097 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 to other G2087 cities G4172 also: G2532 for G3754 therefore G1519 G5124 am I sent. G649
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 - And G2532 it came to pass, G1096 when he G846 was G1511 G1722 in G1722 a certain G3391 city, G4172 G2532 behold G2400 a man G435 full G4134 of leprosy: G3014 who G2532 seeing G1492 Jesus G2424 fell G4098 on G1909 his face, G4383 and besought G1189 him, G846 saying, G3004 Lord, G2962 if G1437 thou wilt, G2309 thou canst G1410 make G2511  me G3165 clean. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:11 - And G2532 it came to pass G1096 G1722 the day after, G1836 that he went G4198 into G1519 a city G4172 called G2564 Nain; G3484 and G2532 many G2425 of his G846 disciples G3101 went with G4848 him, G846 and G2532 much G4183 people. G3793
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - Now G1161 when G5613 he came nigh G1448 to the gate G4439 of the city, G4172 behold, G2532 G2400 there was G1580  a dead man G2348 carried out, G1580 the only G3439 son G5207 of his G846 mother, G3384 and G2532 she G846 was G2258 a widow: G5503 and G2532 much G2425 people G3793 of the city G4172 was G2258 with G4862 her. G846
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:37 - And, G2532 behold, G2400 a woman G1135 in G1722 the city, G4172 which G3748 was G2258 a sinner, G268 when she knew G1921 that G3754 Jesus sat at meat G345 in G1722 the Pharisee's G5330 house, G3614 brought G2865 an alabaster box G211 of ointment, G3464
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - And G2532 it came to pass G1096 afterward, G1722 G2517 that G2532 he G846 went G1353 throughout every G2596 city G4172 and G2532 village, G2968 preaching G2784 and G2532 shewing the glad tidings G2097 of the kingdom G932 of God: G2316 and G2532 the twelve G1427 were with G4862 him, G846
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - And G1161 when much G4183 people G3793 were gathered together, G4896 and G2532 were come G1975 to G4314 him G846 out of every G2596 city, G4172 he spake G2036 by G1223 a parable: G3850
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27 - And G1161 when he G846 went forth G1831 to G1909 land, G1093 there met G5221 him G846 out of G1537 the city G4172 a certain G5100 man, G435 which G3739 had G2192 devils G1140 long G1537 G2425 time, G5550 and G2532 ware G1737 no G3756 clothes, G2440 neither G2532 G3756 abode G3306 in G1722 any house, G3614 but G235 in G1722 the tombs. G3418

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