BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G4174
politeia — citizenship
πολιτεία, -ας, ἡ (πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 2Mac 6:23 2Mac 8:17 2Mac 13:14, 3Ma.3:21 3Mac 3:23, 4Ma.3:20 4Mac 8:7 4Mac 17:9 * ;] 1. citizenship: Act.22:28 (3 Mac, ll. with, Hdt., Xen., a1.). 2. government, administration (Aristoph., Dem., al.). 3. a commonwealth: Eph.2:12.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4175
politeuma — citizenship
πολίτευμα, -τος, τό (πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:7 * ;] 1. an act of administration. 2. a form of government. 3. = πολιτεία, (a) citizenship : Php.3:20 (R, txt.); (b) community, commonwealth : Phi, l.with (R, mg.; for exx, see MM, xx).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4176
politeuō — be a citizen
πολιτεύω more frequently as depon., -ομαι, and so in LXX and NT (πολίτης), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 2Ma.6:1 2Mac 11:25, 3Ma.3:4 3Mac 3:1-30; 4Ma.4:1-26 * ;] to be a citizen, live as a citizen: metaphorically, of conduct as based on heavenly citizenship, Act.23:1, Php.1:27.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2009
epitimia — punishment
ἐπιτιμία, -ας, ἡ (ἐπιτιμάω), [in LXX: Wis_3:10 * ;] 1. citizenship, franchise. 2. As in Inscr. (LS, see word), LXX, l.with (= cl. τὸ ἐπιτίμιον), punishment, penalty: 2Co.2:6.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The rights and privileges of a citizen in distinction from a foreigner (Luke 15:15; 19:14; Acts 21:39). Under the Mosaic law non-Israelites, with the exception of the Moabites and the Ammonites and others mentioned in Deut. 23:1-3, were admitted to the general privileges of citizenship among the Jews (Ex. 12:19; Lev. 24:22; Num. 15:15; 35:15; Deut. 10:18; 14:29; 16:10, 14). The right of citizenship under the Roman government was granted by the emperor to individuals, and sometimes to provinces, as a favour or as a recompense for services rendered to the state, or for a sum of money (Acts 22:28). This “freedom” secured privileges equal to those enjoyed by natives of Rome. Among the most notable of these was the provision that a man could not be bound or imprisoned without a formal trial (Acts 22:25, 26), or scourged (16:37). All Roman citizens had the right of appeal to Caesar (25:11).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
