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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - Crowds came from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil[fn] spirits, and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

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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 - A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claiming to be someone great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to 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 - The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - They passed the first and second guard posts and came to the iron gate leading to the city, and this opened for them all by itself. So they passed through and started walking down the street, and then the angel suddenly left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44 - The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50 - Then the Jews stirred up the influential religious women and the leaders of the city, and they incited a mob against Paul and Barnabas and ran them out of town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:4 - But the people of the town were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6 - When the apostles learned of it, they fled to the region of Lycaonia—to the towns of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding area.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - Now the temple of Zeus was located just outside the town. So the priest of the temple and the crowd brought bulls and wreaths of flowers to the town gates, and they prepared to offer sacrifices to the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 - Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowds to their side. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But as the believers[fn] gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36 - After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - Then they went from town to town, instructing the believers to follow the decisions made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12 - From there we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. And we stayed there several days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:14 - One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:20 - “The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:39 - So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag 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 deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Everyone rushed to the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, who were Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35 - At last the mayor was able to quiet them down enough to speak. “Citizens of Ephesus,” he said. “Everyone knows that Ephesus is the official guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, whose image fell down to us from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:5 - When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women[fn] and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29 - (For earlier that day they had seen him in the city with Trophimus, a Gentile from Ephesus,[fn] and they assumed Paul had taken him into the Temple.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - The whole city was rocked by these accusations, and a great riot followed. Paul was grabbed and dragged out of the Temple, and immediately the gates were closed behind him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:39 - “No,” Paul replied, “I am a Jew and a citizen of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is an important city. Please, let me talk to these people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - My accusers never found me arguing with anyone in the Temple, nor stirring up a riot in any synagogue or on the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So the next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived at the auditorium with great pomp, accompanied by military officers and prominent men of the city. Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus.[fn] I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - We struggled along the coast with great difficulty and finally arrived at Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
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