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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 42 times in 41 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - So there was great joy in that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9 - About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44 - On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50 - But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6 - But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 - Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36 - Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12 - From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district[fn] of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14 - One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39 - They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 - While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and all of them rushed into the theater together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35 - The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5 - When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29 - (They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
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