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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 164 times in 155 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 3 / 4 (Act 16:13–Rev 21:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14 - One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39 - So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But the Jews[fn] were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 - Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s companions in travel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35 - And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5 - When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. And kneeling down on the beach, we prayed

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29 - For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel[fn] according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:23 - Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32 - At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:5 - This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:22 - But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:14 - For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:13 - Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:6 - if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire,[fn] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2 - but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:8 - and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically[fn] is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:13 - And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion[fn] of her sexual immorality.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:20 - And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:18 - And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas! Alas! You great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - “Alas, alas, for the great city
that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:18 - and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,
“What city was like the great city?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in a single hour she has been laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21 - Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:9 - And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven[fn] and consumed them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2 - And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:10 - And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:14 - And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 - And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.[fn] Its length and width and height are equal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:18 - The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

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