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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)
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, (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
6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 -

So Adoni-zedek and his people were[fn] greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 -

Hebron’s name used to be Kiriath-arba; Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. After this, the land had rest from war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 -

He gave Caleb son of Jephunneh the following portion among the descendants of Judah based on the LORD’s instruction to Joshua: Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak).

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 -

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 -

“I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the LORD’s inheritance? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 -

This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“I will restore your judges to what they were at first,

and your advisers to what they were at the start.

Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,

a Faithful Town.”

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