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Lexicon :: Strong's G4175 - politeuma

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πολίτευμα
Transliteration
politeuma (Key)
Pronunciation
pol-it'-yoo-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:516,906

Strong’s Definitions

πολίτευμα políteuma, pol-it'-yoo-mah; from G4176; a community, i.e. (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively):—conversation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4175 in the following manner: conversation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4175 in the following manner: conversation (1x).

  1. the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth

  2. the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered

  3. a state, commonwealth

    1. the commonwealth of citizens

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πολίτευμα políteuma, pol-it'-yoo-mah; from G4176; a community, i.e. (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively):—conversation.
STRONGS G4175:
πολίτευμα, πολιτευματος, τό (πολιτεύω), in Greek writings from Plato down;
1. the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth (R. V. text (Phil. as below) citizenship).
2. the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered.
3. a state, commonwealth (so R. V. marginal reading): ἡμῶν, the commonwealth whose citizens we are (see πόλις, b.), Philippians 3:20, cf. Meyer and Wiesinger at the passage; of Christians it is said ἐπί γῆς διατριβουσιν, ἀλλ' ἐν οὐρανῷ πολιτευονται, Epist. ad Diogn. c. 5 [ET]; (τῶν σοφῶν ψυχαί) πατρίδα μέν τόν οὐράνιον χῶρον, ἐν ᾧ πολιτευονται, ξένον τόν περιγειον ἐν ᾧ παρῴκησαν νομιζουσαι, Philo de confus. ling. § 17; (γυναῖκες... τῷ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐγγεγραμμεναι πολιτευματι, de agricult. § 17 at the end. Cf. especially Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Philippians
3:20

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Strong's Number G4175 matches the Greek πολίτευμα (politeuma),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

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