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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 3 / 4 (Act 16:14–Rev 21:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14 - And a woman named Lydia, from the city G4172 of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to pay attention to the things spoken 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 chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city G4172 into confusion, being Jews,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39 - and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept requesting them to leave the city G4172.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But the Jews, becoming jealous, taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob, set the city G4172 in an uproar. And attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 -

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city G4172 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 man will lay a hand on you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city G4172.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - And the city G4172 was filled with the confusion, and they rushed [fn]with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35 - Now after calming the crowd, the city clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city G4172 of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city G4172, saying that chains and afflictions await me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5 - And when [fn]our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city G4172. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29 - For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city G4172 with him, 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 G4172 was stirred, and [fn]the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - But Paul said, “I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city G4172; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 -

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city G4172, having been instructed at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - “And neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor across the city G4172 did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing [fn]a riot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 -

So, on the next day when Agrippa came [fn]together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the hall [fn]accompanied by the [fn]commanders and the prominent men of the city G4172, at the order of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - “And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to [fn]foreign cities G4172.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - and with difficulty, we sailed past it and came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city G4172 of Lasea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:23 -

Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city G4172 treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city G4172, dangers in the desolate places, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32 - In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city G4172 of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:5 -

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city G4172 as I directed you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - for he was looking for the city G4172 which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not [fn]ashamed to be called their God, for He prepared a city G4172 for them.

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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 G4172 of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of [fn]angels,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:14 - For here we do not have a lasting city G4172, but we are seeking the one 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 to such and such a city G4172, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:6 - and if He condemned the cities G4172 of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities G4172 around them, having indulged in the same way as these in gross sexual immorality and having gone after [fn]strange flesh, are exhibited as an [fn]example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - ‘He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out from it anymore. And I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city G4172 of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2 - “And [fn]leave out the court which is outside the sanctuary and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample the holy city G4172 under foot 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 G4172 which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:13 - And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city G4172 fell; [fn]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 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:20 - And the wine press was trodden outside the city G4172, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, [fn]for a distance of [fn]1,600 stadia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - And the great city G4172 was split into three parts, and the cities G4172 of the [fn]nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:18 - “And the woman whom you saw is the great city G4172, which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city G4172, Babylon, the strong city G4172! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city G4172, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and [fn]adorned with gold and precious [fn]stones and pearls;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:18 - and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city G4172?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - “And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, crying and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city G4172, in which all who have ships at sea became rich by her [fn]wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21 -

Then [fn]a strong angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city G4172, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:9 - And they came up on the [fn]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city G4172, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2 - And I saw the holy city G4172, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready 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 [fn]in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city G4172, 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 G4172 had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 -

And the one who spoke with me had a [fn]gold measuring rod to measure the city G4172 and its gates and its wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - And the city G4172 is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city G4172 with the [fn]rod, [fn]12,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:18 - And the material of the wall was jasper, and the city G4172 was pure gold, like pure glass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:19 - The foundation stones of the city G4172 wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:21 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city G4172 was pure gold, like transparent glass.

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