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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 42 times in 41 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - "For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - So there was great joy in that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9 - About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44 - On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50 - But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6 - Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 - But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36 - After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12 - and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14 - A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39 - and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 - While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35 - After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5 - When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29 - (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - Paul answered, "I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall, along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.
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