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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 83 times in 73 verses in 'Deu' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 1:22–Deu 20:19)

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“Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may spy out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up, and the cities which we should enter.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - ‘Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, by saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - “So we captured all his cities at that time and [fn]utterly destroyed [fn]the men, women, and children of every city. We left no survivor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - “We took only the animals as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “From Aroer which is on the edge of the [fn]Valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the [fn]valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too [fn]high for us; the LORD our God turned it all over [fn]to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - “Only you did not go near the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the [fn]river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God had commanded us to avoid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - “We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - “All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many [fn]unwalled towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “We [fn]utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, [fn]utterly destroying [fn]the men, women, and children of every city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - “But all the animals and the spoils of the cities we took as our plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:10 - all the cities of the plateau, all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12

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“So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the [fn]Valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19 - ‘However, your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in your cities which I have given you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 -

Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the [fn]east,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - for [fn]one to flee there who unintentionally killed his neighbor, without having hatred for him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10

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“Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1

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“Hear, Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities that are great and fortified to heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15

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“However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, [fn]whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as the gazelle and the deer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your [fn]voluntary offerings, or the [fn]contribution of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - “But you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all [fn]your undertakings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter animals from your herd and flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:12 -

“If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you to live in, anyone saying that

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:13 - some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom you have not known),

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall most certainly strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. [fn]Utterly destroy it and all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - “Then you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its public square, and burn the city and all its plunder with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a [fn]ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21

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“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger who is in your [fn]town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a stranger; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:27 - “Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your [fn]town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28

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“At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and you shall deposit it in your [fn]town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the stranger, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are in your [fn]town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:7

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“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers, in any of your [fn]towns in your land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:22 - “You shall eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as a gazelle or a deer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:5 - “You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your [fn]towns which the LORD your God is giving you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is in your [fn]town, and the stranger, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are in your [fn]towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18

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“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your [fn]towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2

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“If there is found in your midst, in any of your [fn]towns which the LORD your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, by violating His covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8

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“If a case is too difficult for you to decide, between [fn]one kind of homicide or another, between [fn]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between [fn]one kind of assault or another, that are cases of dispute in your [fn]courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6

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“Now if a Levite comes from any of your [fn]towns throughout Israel where he resides, and he comes [fn]whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:1

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“When the LORD your God cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2 - you shall set aside for yourself three cities in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you to [fn]possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when a person goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand [fn]swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the [fn]handle and [fn]strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7 - “Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside for yourself three cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]carefully follow all of this commandment which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11

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“But if there is a person who hates his neighbor, and waits in ambush for him and rises up against him and strikes [fn]him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then the elders of his city shall send men and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10 -

“When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall [fn]offer it terms of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “However, the women, the children, the animals, and everything that is in the city, all of its spoils, you shall take as plunder for yourself; and you shall [fn]use the spoils of your enemies which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - “This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations [fn]nearby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - “Only in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave anything that breathes alive.

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“When you besiege a city for a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, so you shall not cut them down. For [fn]is the tree of the field a human, that it should [fn]be besieged by you?


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