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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 69 times in 57 verses in '2Ki' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ki 2:19–2Ki 23:30)

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Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the site of the city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the land [fn]is unfruitful.”

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Now he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the road, some young boys came out from the city and ridiculed him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - ‘Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and [fn]cut down every good tree and stop up all the springs of water, and spoil every good plot of land with stones.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - So they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every plot of good land and filled it. So they stopped up every spring of water and [fn]cut down every good tree, until in Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the rock slingers surrounded it and struck it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent horses and chariots and a substantial army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

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Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, “This is hopeless, my master! [fn]What are we to do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” And he brought them to Samaria.

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Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - “If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ then the famine is in the city and we will die there; but if we sit here, we will also die. Now then come, and let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, then we will die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor a human voice; only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; so they have left the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - Then at the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to [fn]appeal to the king for her house and for her field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - So Joram [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - but King [fn]Joram had returned to Jezreel to have himself healed of the wounds which the Arameans had [fn]inflicted on him when he fought Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said to the other men, “If this is your [fn]intent, then let no [fn]one escape from the city to go tell about it in Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28 - Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is your intention peace, Zimri, his master’s murderer?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “And now, when this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, [fn]as well as the chariots and horses, and a fortified city and the weapons,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:5 - And the one who was in charge of the household, and the one who was in charge of the city, and the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and everything that you tell us we will do. We will not appoint any man king; do what is good in your sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he wrote them a letter a second time, saying, “If you are on my side, and will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel about this time tomorrow.” Now the king’s sons, seventy men, were with the great people of the city, who were raising them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are [fn]innocent; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who [fn]killed all these?

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Then it came about, as soon as he had finished [fn]offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the [fn]guard and to the royal officers, “Go in, [fn]kill them; let none come out.” So they [fn]killed them with the edge of the sword; and the [fn]guard and the royal officers threw them out, and went to the [fn]sanctuary of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:20 - So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was [fn]peaceful. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21 - For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Amaziah became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz again took from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of his father Jehoahaz. Three times Joash [fn]defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - Then they carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7 - And Azariah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jotham became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38 - And Jotham [fn]lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20 - So Ahaz [fn]lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the sons of Israel [fn]did things secretly against the LORD their God which were not right. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, [fn]Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have taken into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the God of the land; so He has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them because they do not know the custom of the God of the land.”

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But every nation was still making gods of its own, and they put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:32 - They also feared the LORD and [fn]appointed from their entire population priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He [fn]defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30 - ‘And do not let Hezekiah lead you to trust in the LORD by saying, “The LORD will certainly save us, and this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25

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‘Have you not heard?

Long ago I did it;

From ancient times I planned it.

Now I have brought it about,

That you would turn fortified cities into ruined heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32

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‘Therefore this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: “He will not come to this city nor shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield nor heap up an assault ramp against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:33 - “By the way that he came, by [fn]the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,”’ declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:34 - ‘For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - “And I will add fifteen years to your [fn]life, and I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”’”

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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he constructed the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21 - So Hezekiah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining heavenly [fn]lights.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he tore down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent men and took the bones from the graves, and burned them on the altar and defiled it in accordance with the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, the one who proclaimed these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17 - Then he said, “What is this gravestone there that I see?” And the men of the city told him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had constructed, [fn]provoking the LORD to anger; and he did to them [fn]just as he had done in Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - And the LORD said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, just as I have removed Israel. And I will reject this city which I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the [fn]temple of which I said, ‘My name shall be there!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - His servants carried [fn]his body in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

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