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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 48 times in 44 verses in '2Sa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:1 - It happened after this that David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:3 - And David brought up the men who were with him, every man with his household. So they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:7 - Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:9 - Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of David. And David built all around from the Millo[fn] and inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David would not move the ark of the LORD with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - Now it was told King David, saying, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - Now as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - Also from Betah[fn] and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 - “Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai, and entered the city. So Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - “if it happens that the king’s wrath rises, and he says to you: ‘Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - “Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called after my name.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:30 - Then he took their king’s crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city in great abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brick works. So he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say, “What city are you from?” And he would say, “Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city—from Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - There was Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - “But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:37 - So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - “Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will pull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to his house, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But the people answered, “You shall not go out! For if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us now. For you are now more help to us in the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:37 - “Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - Then they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - “I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - “That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.” So the woman said to Joab, “Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:5 - And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jazer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba.
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