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

Acts 16:12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We remained in that city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) for several days.
Acts 16:14 And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple cloths from the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, listened; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to what was said by Paul.
Acts 16:20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem)
Acts 16:39 So they came and spoke to them in a friendly manner; and having taken them out, they asked them to leave the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem).
Acts 17:5 But the Jews, moved by envy, recruited certain wicked men of the marketplace and, forming a mob, they set the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) in an uproar. They attacked the house of Jason, trying to bring them out to the people.
Acts 17:16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred up within him on seeing the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) full of idols.
Acts 18:10 because I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you to do you harm, for I have many people in this city.” (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem)
Acts 19:29 So the city (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with a single purpose into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling-companions of Paul.
Acts 19:35 And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
Acts 20:23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying that in every city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
Acts 21:5 When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem). Then kneeling down on the beach, we prayed
Acts 21:29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) with him, and they assumed that Paul had taken him into the temple.
Acts 21:30 Then all the city (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) was stirred up, and a mob of people quickly formed. They seized Paul and dragged him outside the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.
Acts 21:39 But Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem). I beg you, let me speak to the people.”
Acts 22:3 “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
Acts 24:12 and they did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem).
Acts 25:23 So on the next day when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall along with the commanding officers and the prominent men of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), and when Festus had given the order, Paul was brought in.
Acts 26:11 And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and since I was so vehemently angry at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem).
Acts 27:8 Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) Lasea.
Romans 16:23 Gaius, a host to me as well as to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) treasurer greets you, as does our brother Quartus.
2 Corinthians 11:26 On my frequent journeys I have been exposed to dangers from rivers, dangers from bandits, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem), dangers in the countryside, dangers at sea, dangers at the hands of false brothers;
2 Corinthians 11:32 At Damascus the ethnarch under king Aretas was guarding the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) of Damascus in order to arrest me,
Titus 1:5 For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you might put right the remaining things and appoint elders in every town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), as I directed you —
Hebrews 11:10 for he was looking forward to the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) which has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
Hebrews 11:16 But as it is, they were longing for a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) to receive them.

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