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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 the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39 - “No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he slipped quietly away with them toward the town of Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - The Lord now chose seventy-two[fn] other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - “If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - But if a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:11 - ‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed. ‘You are a good servant. You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:19 - “‘Well done!’ the king said. ‘You will be governor over five cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:41 - But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:10 - He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - (Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:44 - Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:5 - Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:8 - He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:28 - The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:30 - So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:39 - Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 - The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.

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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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3. LOAD PAGE 3 Act 16:13–Rev 21:18

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Rev 21:19–Rev 22:19

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