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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 162 times in 153 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 4 (Luk 8:39–Act 16:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39 - “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[fn] others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant![fn] Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19 - And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 - And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10 - He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:44 - Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5 - So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:8 - (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:28 - So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:30 - They went out of the town and were coming to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:39 - Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 - Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:58

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - Philip went down to the city[fn] of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9 - The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour[fn] to pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44 - The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:50

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50 - But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6 - they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 - But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36 - And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12 - and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the[fn] district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.

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