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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 50 times in 38 verses in 'Num' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - “And how is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are the people in open camps or in fortifications?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - “Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw the [fn]descendants of Anak there!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - ‘But when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel, and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will indeed hand over this people to me, then I will [fn]utterly destroy their cities.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - The LORD heard the voice of Israel and turned over the Canaanites; then they [fn]utterly destroyed them and their cities. And the place was named [fn]Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25 - Israel took all these cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her [fn]villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - For that reason those who use proverbs say,

“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!

So let the city of Sihon be established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -

“For a fire spread from Heshbon,

A flame from the town of Sihon;

It devoured Ar of Moab,

The [fn]dominant [fn]heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:31 -

So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 -

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, [fn]at the extreme end of the border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39 - And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 -

“One from Jacob shall rule,

And will eliminate the survivors from the city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - Then they [fn]burned all their cities where they lived and all their encampments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 -

Then they approached him and said, “We will build sheepfolds for our livestock here and cities for our little ones;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we ourselves will be armed, hurrying ahead of the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - “Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and sheepfolds for your sheep, and do [fn]what you have promised.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - “Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall [fn]remain there in the cities of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 -

So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad, the sons of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the land with its cities with their [fn]territories, the cities of the surrounding land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds for sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - Nebo, and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:3 - “The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their equipment and for all their other animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 -

“The pasture lands of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city [fn]outward a thousand cubits around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - “The total number of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, [fn]together with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - “As for the cities which you shall give them from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger, and you shall take fewer from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his inheritance which he possesses.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, so that the one who commits manslaughter by [fn]killing a person unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - ‘The cities shall [fn]serve you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who commits manslaughter does not die until he stands before the congregation for [fn]trial.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - ‘So the cities which you are to provide shall be six cities of refuge for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall provide three cities across the Jordan, and three cities [fn]in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be a refuge for the sons of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreign resident among them; so that anyone who [fn]kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘And the congregation shall save the one who committed manslaughter from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall return him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - ‘But if at any time [fn]he goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he flees,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills [fn]him, he [fn]will not be guilty of bloodshed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the one who committed manslaughter may return to the land of his property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘And you shall not accept a ransom for one who has fled to his city of refuge, so that he may return to live in the land [fn]before the death of the priest.
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