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πόλις

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine164 occurrences14 books155 verses

Definition

πόλις, -εως, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for עִיר ;]

a city: Matthew 2:23, Mark 1:45, Luke 4:29, John 4:8, al. mult.; opposite to κῶμαι (κ. καὶ ἀγροί), Matthew 9:35; 10:11, Mark 6:56, Luke 8:1; 13:22; with nom. propr. in appos. (cl.), Acts 11:5; 16:14; with id. in genitive appos. (BL, §35, 5), Acts 8:5, 2 Peter 2:6; genitive, of the region, Luke 1:26; 4:31, John 4:5; of the inhabitants, Matthew 10:5, 23, Luke 23:51, Acts 19:35, 2 Corinthians 11:32; with genitive of person(s), of one's residence or native place, Matthew 22:7, Luke 2:4, 11; 4:29; 10:11, John 1:45, Acts 16:20, Revelation 16:9; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία π., Matthew 4:5; 27:53, Revelation 11:2; ἡ ἠγαπημένη, Revelation 20:19; π. τοῦ μεγάλου, Mt 5 ̈35 (cf. Psalm 48:2); of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, Revelation 3:12; 21:2, 10 14ff. 22:14, 19. By meton., of the inhabitants of a city: Matthew 8:34; 12:25; 21:10, Mark 1:33, Acts 14:21; 21:30.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πόλις:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

164 total
  1. Acts 14:21πόλιν · city
    They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
  2. Acts 15:21πόλιν · city
    For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
  3. Acts 15:36πόλιν · town
    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  4. Acts 16:4πόλεις · town to town
    As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
  5. Acts 16:11Πόλιν
    We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
  6. Acts 16:12πόλις · city; πόλει · [there]
    From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
  7. Acts 16:14πόλεως · from [the] city
    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  8. Acts 16:20πόλιν · city {into turmoil}
    They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
  9. Acts 16:39πόλεως · city
    They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
  10. Acts 17:5πόλιν
    The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
  11. Acts 17:16πόλιν · city
    While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
  12. Acts 18:10πόλει · city
    For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
  13. Acts 19:29πόλις · city
    Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
  14. Acts 19:35πόλιν · city
    Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
  15. Acts 20:23πόλιν
    I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
  16. Acts 21:5πόλεως · city
    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  17. Acts 21:29πόλει · city
    For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
  18. Acts 21:30πόλις · city
    The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
  19. Acts 21:39πόλεως · city
    But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
  20. Acts 22:3πόλει · city
    “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
  21. Acts 24:12πόλιν · city
    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
  22. Acts 25:23πόλεως · city
    The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
  23. Acts 26:11πόλεις · cities
    I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
  24. Acts 27:8πόλις · [the] town
    After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
  25. Romans 16:23πόλεως · city
    Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
  26. 2 Corinthians 11:26πόλει · [the] city
    In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
  27. 2 Corinthians 11:32πόλιν · city
    In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
  28. Colossians 4:13πόλει
    For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.
  29. Titus 1:5πόλιν · town
    The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
  30. Hebrews 11:10πόλιν · city
    For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
  31. Hebrews 11:16πόλιν · a city
    Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
  32. Hebrews 12:22πόλει · [to the] city
    Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
  33. Hebrews 13:14πόλιν · city
    For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
  34. James 4:13πόλιν · city
    Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
  35. 2 Peter 2:6πόλεις · [the] cities
    …if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
  36. Jude 1:7πόλεις · cities
    In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
  37. Revelation 3:12πόλεως · city
    The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
  38. Revelation 11:2πόλιν · city
    But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
  39. Revelation 11:8πόλεως · city
    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
  40. Revelation 11:13πόλεως · city
    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  41. Revelation 14:20πόλεως · city
    And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
  42. Revelation 16:19πόλις · city; πόλεις · cities
    The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
  43. Revelation 17:18πόλις · city
    And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
  44. Revelation 18:10πόλις · city; πόλις · city
    In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
  45. Revelation 18:16πόλις · city
    …saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
  46. Revelation 18:18πόλει · city
    …and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
  47. Revelation 18:19πόλις · city
    Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”