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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 164 times in 155 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 2 / 4 (Luk 8:34–Act 16:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:34 - When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39 - “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - “And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also,[fn] and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - “Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - “But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - ‘The very dust of your city which clings to us[fn] we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - “But[fn] I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - “So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - “Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19 - “Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 - Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10 - And He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting[fn] for the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem[fn] until you are endued with power from on high.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:44 - Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5 - So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:8 - For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:28 - The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:30 - Then they went out of the city and came to Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:39 - And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 - Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - Then Philip went down to the[fn] city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise 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 they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.

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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, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:44 - On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:50 - But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, raised 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 - But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:6 - they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to sacrifice with the multitudes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 - Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - “For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:36 - Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have 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 - And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12 - and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days.

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