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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 house and recount what great things God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city G4172 what great things Jesus had done for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - “And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city G4172, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 -

And when the apostles returned, they recounted to Him all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He slipped away by Himself to a city G4172 called Bethsaida.

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Now after this the Lord appointed [fn]seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city G4172 and place where He Himself was going to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - “And whatever city G4172 you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - “But in whatever city G4172 you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - ‘Even the dust of your city G4172 which clings to our feet we wipe off against you; yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - “I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city G4172.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 -

And He was passing through from one city G4172 and village to another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - “And when the slave came back, he reported these things to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city G4172 and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - saying, “In a certain city G4172 there was a certain judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - “Now there was a widow in that city G4172, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice from my opponent.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities G4172.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19 - “And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities G4172.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 -

And as He approached Jerusalem and saw the city G4172, He cried over it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10 - And He said to them, “Behold, after you have entered the city G4172, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - (He had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city G4172 and for murder.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - (he had not consented to their counsel and action), a man from Arimathea, a city G4172 of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - “And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but you are to stay in the city G4172 until you are clothed with power from on high.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:44 - Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city G4172 of Andrew and Peter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5 - So He *came to a city G4172 of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave 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 G4172 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 into the city G4172 and *said to the men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:30 - They went out of the city G4172, and were coming to Him.

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From that city G4172 many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, “He told me all the things that I have done.”

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Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city G4172 called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 - Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city G4172; and it was written in [fn]Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek.

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“For truly in this city G4172 there were gathered together against Your holy [fn]Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the [fn]Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - Also the multitude from the cities G4172 in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick [fn]or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - And when they had driven him out of the city G4172, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside 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 - Now Philip went down to the city G4172 of Samaria and began preaching [fn]Christ to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - So there was great joy in that city G4172.

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Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city G4172 and astounding the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - But Philip [fn]found himself at [fn]Azotus, and as he passed through he kept proclaiming the gospel to all the cities G4172 until he came to Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - but rise up and enter the city G4172, and it will be told you what you must do.”

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And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city G4172, Peter went up on the housetop about the [fn]sixth hour to pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the city G4172 of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, [fn]an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from heaven, and it came right down to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - And when they had passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city G4172, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

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And the next Sabbath, nearly the whole city G4172 assembled to hear the word of [fn]the [fn]Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50 - But the Jews incited the [fn]God-fearing women of prominence and the leading men of the city G4172, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their [fn]district.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - But the multitude of the city G4172 was divided; and some [fn]sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6 - they became aware of it and fled to the cities G4172 of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was [fn]just outside the city G4172, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and was wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning over the crowds and stoning Paul, they were dragging him out of the city G4172, supposing him to be dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But while the disciples stood around him, he rose up and entered the city G4172. The next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - And after they had proclaimed the gospel to that city G4172 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 those who preach him in every city G4172, since [fn]he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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Now after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city G4172 in which 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 - Now while they were passing through the cities G4172, they were delivering the decrees which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem, for them to keep.

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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 G4172 of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city G4172 for some days.

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