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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
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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 - He and his people became very afraid when they heard all this because Gibeon was a large town—as large as the royal cities and larger than Ai. And the Gibeonite men were strong warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.)
And the land had rest from war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s ancestor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying an important town in Israel.[fn] Why do you want to devour what belongs to the LORD?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - So to this day, rural Jews living in remote villages celebrate an annual festival and holiday on the appointed day in late winter,[fn] when they rejoice and send gifts of food to each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - Then I will give you good judges again
and wise counselors like you used to have.
Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice
and the Faithful City.”
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