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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 40 times in 38 verses in '1Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 -

Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king from the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 - When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who [fn]defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:50 - When Baal-hanan died, [fn]Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was [fn]Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - But Geshur and Aram took [fn]the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, sixty settlements. All of these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53 - and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:12 - Eshton fathered Beth-rapha and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of [fn]Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31 - Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all their settlements that were around the same cities as far as [fn]Baal. These were their dwellings, and they have their genealogy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - but they gave the fields of the city and its settlements to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah together with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, [fn]Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. Their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61

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Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64 - So the sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 -

Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2

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Now the first inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites, and the [fn]temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7

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When all the people of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not enter here.” Nevertheless David took the mountain stronghold of Zion (that is, the city of David).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7 - Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8 - He [fn]built the city all around, from the [fn]Millo to the surrounding area; and Joab [fn]repaired the rest of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, [fn]let us send word everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they meet with us;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 -

So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 -

Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

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When the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - Also from [fn]Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze [fn]Sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the commanders among the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have his servants not come to you to search, to demolish, and to spy out the land?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped opposite Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:13 - “Be strong, and let’s show ourselves courageous for the benefit of our people and the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from his brother Abshai and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - David took the crown of [fn]their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a [fn]talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoils of the city, a very great amount.
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