πόλις polis

Greek word for “city” · Strong’s G4172 · used 163 times in 154 verses

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Meaning

πόλις, -εως, ὁ; a city:, al.

How it is translated

Glosses given for polis in context, with how often each is used:

• city 129
• cities 16
• town 12
• towns 4
• any city 1
• polis 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 21 (9), Acts 14 (6), Acts 16 (6), Matthew 10 (5), Luke 8 (5), Luke 10 (5), John 4 (5), Revelation 18 (5), Luke 2 (4), Acts 8 (4)

Forms

• πόλιν 64
• πόλεως 36
• πόλις 22
• πόλει 21
• πόλεις 12
• πόλεων 6
• πόλεσιν 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with polis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 17
• ἔξω exō “out/outside(r)” 11
• μέγας megas “great” 14
• κατά kata “according to” 16
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 12
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 10
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 11
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 10
• σύν sun “with” 9
• κηρύσσω kērussō “to preach” 7
• Σόδομα Sodoma “Sodom” 5
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 8

Key verses

The verses using polis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 23:34 — Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your…
• Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
• Luke 19:41 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
• Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were…
• Acts 9:6 — And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee…
• Hebrews 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
• Hebrews 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for…
• Revelation 11:2 — But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty…
• Revelation 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Revelation 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Revelation 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.