Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

πόλις

Vocabulary form: 
povliV, -ewV, hJ
Definition: 

city

Frequency: 
162
GK: 
4484
Root: 
poli
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.

Biblical Concordance

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.
Mark 1:33 And the entire city (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) gathered at the door.
Mark 1:45 However, he went out and began to announce it publicly and spread abroad the news, so that no longer Jesus could no longer openly enter a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), enter but stayed out in unpopulated areas. stayed Yet people kept coming to him from every quarter.
Mark 5:14 Those tending the pigs fled and reported it in the village (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and throughout the countryside, and people came to see what had happened.
Mark 6:33 Many people saw them leaving, recognized them, and hurried together on foot from all the towns (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem) and arrived there ahead of them.
Mark 6:56 And wherever he entered villages, towns (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem), or rural areas, they would place the sick in the marketplaces and implore him that they might touch just the fringe of his cloak. And as many as touched him were made well.
Mark 11:19 And when evening came, they went out of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem).
Mark 14:13 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him.
Mark 14:16 The disciples left, came to the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), and found things just as he had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
Luke 1:26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) of Galilee named Nazareth,
Luke 1:39 In those days Mary arose and went into the hill country with eagerness, to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) in Judah,
Luke 2:3 And everyone went to be registered, each to his own town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem).
Luke 2:4 So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Luke 2:11 because this very day there has been born to you, in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) of David, a savior who is Messiah, the Lord.
Luke 2:39 And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), Nazareth.
Luke 4:29 They rose up, drove him out of the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), and took him to a cliff of the hill on which their town (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) was built, so that they could cast him down.
Luke 4:31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath;
Luke 4:43 but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God in the other towns (polesin | πόλεσιν | dat pl fem) as well; because for this purpose I was sent.”
Luke 5:12 It happened that, when he was in one of the cities (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem), there was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and implored him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Luke 7:11 It happened soon afterward that Jesus went to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.
Luke 7:12 As Jesus approached the gate of the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), a man who had died was being carried out — the only son of his mother (she was a widow). A large crowd was with her.
Luke 7:37 Now there was a woman known in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) as a sinner, and when she learned that Jesus was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
Luke 8:1 It happened that soon afterward Jesus began to travel around from one town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and village to another, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve disciples were with him,
Luke 8:4 As a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) after another, he spoke using a parable.
Luke 8:27 When he stepped out on the land, a man from the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) met him, who was possessed by demons, and for a long time had not worn clothes or had lived in a house but among the tombs.
Luke 8:34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and in the countryside.

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