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Lexicon :: Strong's G4176 - politeuomai

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πολιτεύομαι
Transliteration
politeuomai (Key)
Pronunciation
pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a derivative of πολίτης (G4177)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 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

†πολιτεύομαι politeúomai, pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee; middle voice of a derivative of G4177; to behave as a citizen (figuratively):—let conversation be, live.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4176 in the following manner: live (1x), let (one's) conversation be (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4176 in the following manner: live (1x), let (one's) conversation be (1x).

  1. to be a citizen

  2. to administer civil affairs, manage the state

  3. to make or create a citizen

    1. to be a citizen

    2. to behave as a citizen

      1. to avail one's self of or recognise the laws

      2. to conduct one's self as pledged to some law of life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†πολιτεύομαι politeúomai, pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee; middle voice of a derivative of G4177; to behave as a citizen (figuratively):—let conversation be, live.
STRONGS G4176:
πολιτεύω: middle (cf. Winer's Grammar, 260 (244)), present imperative 2 person plural πολιτεύεσθε; perfect πεπολίτευμαι; (πολίτης);
1. to be a citizen (Thucydides, Xenophon, Lysias, Polybius, others).
2. to administer civil affairs, manage the state (Thucydides, Xenophon).
3. to make or create a citizen (Diodorus 11, 72); middle
a. to be a citizen; so in the passages from Philo and the Ep. ad Diogn. cited in πολίτευμα, 3.
b. to behave as a citizen; to avail oneself of or recognize the laws; so from Thucydides down; in Hellenistic writings to conduct oneself as pledged to some law of life: ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, Philippians 1:27 (R. V. text let your manner of life be worthy of etc.); ἀξίως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Polycarp, ad Philip. 5, 2 [ET]; ἀξίως τοῦ Θεοῦ, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 21, 1 [ET]; ὁσίως, ibid. 6, 1 [ET]; κατά τό καθῆκον τῷ Χριστῷ, ibid. 3, 4 [ET]; μετά φοβοῦ καί ἀγάπης, ibid. 51, 2 [ET]; ἐννόμως, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, c. 67; ἠρξάμην πολιτεύεσθαι τῇ Φαρισαίων ἁιρεσει κατακολουθῶν, Josephus, Vita2; other phrases are cited by Grimm on 2 Macc. 6:1; τῷ Θεῷ, to live in accordance with the laws of God, Acts 23:1 (A. V. I have lived etc.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
23:1
Philippians
1:27

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Strong's Number G4176 matches the Greek πολιτεύομαι (politeuomai),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:1 - فَحَدَّقَ بُولُسُ إِلَى الْمَجْلِسِ، وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، إِنِّي عِشْتُ لِلهِ بِضَمِيرٍ صَالِحٍ حَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ».

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:27 - إِنَّمَا عِيشُوا عِيشَةً تَلِيقُ بِإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جِئْتُ وَشَاهَدْتُكُمْ أَوْ بَقَيْتُ غَائِباً عَنْكُمْ، أَسْمَعُ أَخْبَارَكُمْ وَأَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ ثَابِتُونَ فِي رُوحٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَبِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تُجَاهِدُونَ مَعاً لأَجْلِ الإِيمَانِ الْمُعْلَنِ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ،
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