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Lexicon :: Strong's G3390 - mētropolis

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μητρόπολις
Transliteration
mētropolis (Key)
Pronunciation
may-trop'-ol-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
0x in 0 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
7x in 4 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

μητρόπολις mētrópolis, may-trop'-ol-is; from G3384 and G4172; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis":—chiefest city.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3390 in the following manner: chiefest city (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3390 in the following manner: chiefest city (1x).

  1. a metropolis, a chief city

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μητρόπολις mētrópolis, may-trop'-ol-is; from G3384 and G4172; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis":—chiefest city.
STRONGS G3390:
μητρόπολις, μητροπολεως, ἡ (μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Timothy
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Strong's Number G3390 matches the Greek μητρόπολις (mētropolis),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - then they were greatly terrified by them, for the king knew that Gabaon was a great city, as one of the [fn]chief cities, and all its men were mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - And the name of Chebron before was the city Argob, it is the [fn]metropolis of the Enakim: and the land rested from war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - And [fn]they gave to them Cariatharboc the [fn]metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain country of Juda, and the suburbs round it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother-city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - And I will establish thy judges as before, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: and afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city Sion.
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