πόλις

Forms of the word

Dictionary

πόλις, -εως, ἡ

Greek transliteration

polis

Simplified transliteration

polis

Numbers

Strong's number

4172

GK Number

4484

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament

162

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-3e(5b)

Gloss

city, town, village

Definition

a city, an enclosed and walled town, Mt. 10:5, 11; 11:1; meton. the inhabitants of a city, Mt. 8:34; 10:15; with a gen. of person, or a personal pronoun, the city of any one, the city of one's birth or residence, Mt. 9:1; Lk. 2:4, 11; ἡ πόλις, the city, κατ᾿ ἐξοχήν, Jerusalem, Mt. 21:18; 28:11; met. a place of permanent residence, abode, home, Heb. 11:10, 16; 13:14. The frequency count does not include its occurrence in the name Νέαν πόλιν in Acts 16:11

Greek-English Concordance for πόλις

Matthew 2:23	And he went and settled in a town (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem) called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
Matthew 4:5	Then the devil took him into the holy city (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem), placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 5:14	You are the light of the world. A city (polis \| πόλις \| nom sg fem) built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:35	nor by the earth, for it is a footstool for his feet, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city (polis \| πόλις \| nom sg fem) of the great King.
Matthew 8:33	The herdsmen fled, went into the town (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem), and told everything that had happened to the demoniacs.
Matthew 8:34	Then the entire town (polis \| πόλις \| nom sg fem) went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
Matthew 9:1	So Jesus got into a boat, crossed to the other side, and went to his own town (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem).
Matthew 9:35	And Jesus went throughout all their cities (poleis \| πόλεις \| acc pl fem) and towns, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.
Matthew 10:5	These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them as follows: “Do not go among the Gentiles and do not enter any Samaritan town (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem);
Matthew 10:11	And whatever town (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem) or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy and stay there until you leave.
Matthew 10:14	And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your message, as you leave that house or that town (poleōs \| πόλεως \| gen sg fem) shake off the dust from your feet.
Matthew 10:15	I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for (polei \| πόλει \| dat sg fem) that town (polei \| πόλει \| dat sg fem).
Matthew 10:23	When they persecute you in one town (polei \| πόλει \| dat sg fem), flee to another; for I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns (poleis \| πόλεις \| acc pl fem) of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 11:1	Now when Jesus had finished giving instructions to his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and proclaim his message in their towns (polesin \| πόλεσιν \| dat pl fem).
Matthew 11:20	Then he began to reprimand the towns (poleis \| πόλεις \| acc pl fem) in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:
Matthew 12:25	But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city (polis \| πόλις \| nom sg fem) or house divided against itself will stand.
Matthew 14:13	Now when Jesus heard about John, he left there by boat to a deserted place to be alone; but when the crowds heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns (poleōn \| πόλεων \| gen pl fem).
Matthew 21:10	And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city (polis \| πόλις \| nom sg fem) was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?”
Matthew 21:17	And leaving them, he went out of the city (poleōs \| πόλεως \| gen sg fem) to Bethany and spent the night there.
Matthew 21:18	In the morning, as he was returning to the city (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem), he became hungry.
Matthew 22:7	The king was furious! He sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem) to the ground.
Matthew 23:34	Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town (poleōs \| πόλεως \| gen sg fem) to town (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem),
Matthew 26:18	He said, “Go into the city (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem) to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will be keeping the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”
Matthew 27:53	After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem) and appeared to many.
Matthew 28:11	While they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city (polin \| πόλιν \| acc sg fem) and reported to the ruling priests everything that had taken place.

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