Vocabulary Form
πόλις, -εως, ἡ
Definition

city

Erasmian
Modern
Root
πολι
Frequency
162
GK
4484
Cognates

Metropolis ("mother-city") is the parent city of a colony, especially an ancient Greek colony. The word came to be used of any capital or large city.

Neapolis is the port city of Philippi (Acts 16:11).

Mnemonic Singing

We're marching upward to Zion,
the beautiful city of God.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Luke 8:39 “Return to your house and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went about the whole city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) proclaiming what Jesus had done for him.
Luke 9:5 And wherever they do not receive you, leave that town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) and shake off the dust from your feet as an act that testifies against them.”
Luke 9:10 When the apostles returned they recounted to Jesus all they had done; and he took them and withdrew privately to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) called Bethsaida.
Luke 10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and place where he himself was about to go.
Luke 10:8 “In whichever town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) you enter, and they receive you, eat what is placed before you,
Luke 10:10 In whichever town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
Luke 10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. But know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’
Luke 10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on that day than for that town (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem).
Luke 13:22 Then Jesus went through town after town (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem) and village after village, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.
Luke 14:21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Luke 18:2 He said, “There was a certain judge in a certain city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) who neither feared God nor had any regard for people.
Luke 18:3 There was a widow in that city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem), and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’
Luke 19:17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, exercise authority over ten cities.’ (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem)
Luke 19:19 So he said to this one as well, ‘And you, rule over five cities.’ (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem)
Luke 19:41 As Jesus drew near and saw the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), he wept over it,
Luke 22:10 He said to them, “Look, when you have entered the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house into which he enters
Luke 23:19 who was thrown into prison because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) and for murder.
Luke 23:51 (He had not agreed with their decision or their action.) He was from the Jewish town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) of Arimathea, and was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.
Luke 24:49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you, but stay in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
John 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) of Andrew and Peter.
John 4:5 So he came to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
John 4:8 (For his disciples had gone off to the town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) to buy food.)
John 4:28 Then the woman left her water jar and went off to the town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem). She told the people there,
John 4:30 So they went out of the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) and made their way to Jesus.
John 4:39 Many of the Samaritans from that town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) believed in him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”