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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 39 times in 36 verses in 'Luk' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:26 - In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:39 - At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:3 - And everyone went to their own town to register.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:4 - So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:11 - Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:39 - When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:31 - Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:43 - But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 - While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.[fn] When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:11 - Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:37 - A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27 - When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:34 - When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39 - “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[fn] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “ ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19 - “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 - As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10 - He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
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