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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 Box Jos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - they feared exceedingly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - Now the name of Hebron was formerly [fn]Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land was quiet from war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 -

Now he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh to Joshua, namely, [fn]Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - So they gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands all around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - “I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to put to death a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a [fn]holiday for gladness and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will have your judges return as at the first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness,

A faithful town.”

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