πόλις, -εως, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for עִיר ;] a city: Mat.2:23, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:29, Jhn.4:8, al. mult.; opposite to κῶμαι (κ. καὶ ἀγροί), Mat.9:35 10:11, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:1 13:22; with nom. propr. in appos. (cl.), Act.11:5 16:14; with id. in genitive appos. (BL, §35, 5), Act.8:5, 2Pe.2:6; genitive, of the region, Luk.1:26 4:31, Jhn.4:5; of the inhabitants, Mat.10:5, 23 Luk.23:51, Act.19:35, 2Co.11:32; with genitive of person(s), of one's residence or native place, Mat.22:7, Luk.2:4, 11 4:29 10:11, Jhn.1:45, Act.16:20, Rev.16:9; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία π., Mat.4:5 27:53, Rev.11:2; ἡ ἠγαπημένη, Rev.20:19; π. τοῦ μεγάλου, Mt 5 ̈35 (cf. Ps 47 (48):2); of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10 14ff. 22:14, 19. By meton., of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.8:34 12:25 21:10, Mrk.1:33, Act.14:21 21:30. (AS)
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G4172 — πόλις
polis · city · Greek
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Matthew 2:23 · πόλινand he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”Matthew 4:5 · πόλινThen the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.Matthew 5:14 · πόλιςYou are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.Matthew 5:35 · πόλιςor by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.Matthew 8:33 · πόλινThose tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.Matthew 8:34 · πόλιςThen the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.Matthew 9:1 · πόλιν.Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.Matthew 9:35 · πόλειςJesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.Matthew 10:5 · πόλινThese twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.Matthew 10:11 · πόλινWhatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.Matthew 10:14 · πόλεωςAnd if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.Matthew 10:15 · πόλειTruly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.Matthew 10:23 · πόλει · πόλειςWhen they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.Matthew 11:1 · πόλεσινAfter Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.Matthew 11:20 · πόλειςThen Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.Matthew 12:25 · πόλιςKnowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.Matthew 14:13 · πόλεων.When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.Matthew 21:10 · πόλιςWhen Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”Matthew 21:17 · πόλεωςThen He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.Matthew 21:18 · πόλινIn the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.Matthew 22:7 · πόλινThe king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.Matthew 23:34 · πόλεως · πόλιν·Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.Matthew 26:18 · πόλινHe answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”Matthew 27:53 · πόλινAfter Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.Matthew 28:11 · πόλινWhile the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.Mark 1:33 · πόλιςand the whole town gathered at the door.Mark 1:45 · πόλινBut the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.Mark 5:14 · πόλινThose tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.Mark 6:33 · πόλεωνBut many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.Mark 6:56 · πόλειςAnd wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.Mark 11:19 · πόλεως.And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.Mark 14:13 · πόλιν,So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,Mark 14:16 · πόλινSo the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.Luke 1:26 · πόλινIn the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,Luke 1:39 · πόλινIn those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,Luke 2:3 · πόλιν.And everyone went to his own town to register.Luke 2:4 · πόλεως · πόλινSo Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.Luke 2:11 · πόλειToday in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!Luke 2:39 · πόλινWhen Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.Luke 4:29 · πόλεως · πόλιςThey got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.Luke 4:31 · πόλινThen He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.Luke 4:43 · πόλεσινBut Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”Luke 5:12 · πόλεωνWhile Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”Luke 7:11 · πόλινSoon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.Luke 7:12 · πόλεως, · πόλεωςAs He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.Luke 7:37 · πόλειWhen a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.Luke 8:1 · πόλινSoon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,Luke 8:4 · πόλινWhile a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:Luke 8:27 · πόλεωςWhen Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.Luke 8:34 · πόλινWhen those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.Luke 8:39 · πόλιν“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.Luke 9:5 · πόλεωςIf anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”Luke 9:10 · πόλινThen the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.Luke 10:1 · πόλινAfter this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.Luke 10:8 · πόλινIf you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.Luke 10:10 · πόλινBut if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,Luke 10:11 · πόλεως‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’Luke 10:12 · πόλειI tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.Luke 13:22 · πόλειςThen Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.Luke 14:21 · πόλεως,The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’Luke 18:2 · πόλει“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.Luke 18:3 · πόλειAnd there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’Luke 19:17 · πόλεων.¶His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’Luke 19:19 · πόλεων.¶And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’Luke 19:41 · πόλινAs Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over itLuke 22:10 · πόλινHe answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,Luke 23:19 · πόλει(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)Luke 23:51 · πόλεωςwho had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.Luke 24:49 · πόλειAnd behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”John 1:44 · πόλεωςNow Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.John 4:5 · πόλινSo He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.John 4:8 · πόλιν(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)John 4:28 · πόλινThen the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,John 4:30 · πόλεωςSo they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.John 4:39 · πόλεωςMany of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”John 11:54 · πόλιν,As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.John 19:20 · πόλεωςMany of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.Acts 4:27 · πόλειIn fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.Acts 5:16 · πόλεωνCrowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.Acts 7:58 · πόλεωςThey dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.Acts 8:5 · πόλινPhilip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.Acts 8:8 · πόλειSo there was great joy in that city.Acts 8:9 · πόλειPrior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,Acts 8:40 · πόλειςBut Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.Acts 9:6 · πόλιν,“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”Acts 10:9 · πόλειThe next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.Acts 11:5 · πόλει“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.Acts 12:10 · πόλιν,They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.Acts 13:44 · πόλιςOn the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.Acts 13:50 · πόλεωςThe Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.Acts 14:4 · πόλεως,The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.Acts 14:6 · πόλειςthey found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,Acts 14:13 · πόλεωςThe priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.Acts 14:19 · πόλεωςThen some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.Acts 14:20 · πόλινBut after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.Acts 14:21 · πόλινThey preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,Acts 15:21 · πόλινFor Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”Acts 15:36 · πόλινSome 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.”Acts 16:4 · πόλεις,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.Acts 16:11 · πόλιν,We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.Acts 16:12 · πόλις, · πόλειFrom there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.Acts 16:14 · πόλεωςAmong 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.Acts 16:20 · πόλινThey brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoilActs 16:39 · πόλεως.¶They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.Acts 17:5 · πόλιν,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.Acts 17:16 · πόλιν.While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.Acts 18:10 · πόλειFor I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”Acts 19:29 · πόλιςSoon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.Acts 19:35 · πόλινFinally 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?Acts 20:23 · πόλινI only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.Acts 21:5 · πόλεως,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.Acts 21:29 · πόλειFor they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.Acts 21:30 · πόλιςThe 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.Acts 21:39 · πόλεωςBut 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.”Acts 22:3 · πόλει“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.Acts 24:12 · πόλιν·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.Acts 25:23 · πόλεωςThe 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.Acts 26:11 · πόλεις.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.Romans 16:23 · πόλεωςGaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.2 Corinthians 11:26 · πόλει,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,2 Corinthians 11:32 · πόλινIn Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.Titus 1:5 · πόλινThe 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.Hebrews 11:10 · πόλινFor he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.Hebrews 11:16 · πόλιν.¶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.Hebrews 12:22 · πόλειInstead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angelsHebrews 13:14 · πόλιν,For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.James 4:13 · πόλινCome 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.”2 Peter 2:6 · πόλειςif He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;Jude 1:7 · πόλειςIn 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.Revelation 3:12 · πόλεωςThe 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.Revelation 11:2 · πόλινBut 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.Revelation 11:8 · πόλεωςTheir bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.Revelation 11:13 · πόλεωςAnd 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.Revelation 14:20 · πόλεως,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.Revelation 16:19 · πόλις · πόλειςThe 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.Revelation 17:18 · πόλιςAnd the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”Revelation 18:10 · πόλις · πόλιςIn 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.”Revelation 18:16 · πόλιςsaying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!Revelation 18:18 · πόλειand 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.Revelation 18:19 · πόλιςThen 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.”Revelation 18:21 · πόλιςThen a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Revelation 20:9 · πόλινAnd they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.Revelation 21:2 · πόλινI saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Revelation 21:10 · πόλινAnd he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,Revelation 21:14 · πόλεωςThe wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.Revelation 21:15 · πόλινThe angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.Revelation 21:16 · πόλις · πόλινThe city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.Revelation 21:18 · πόλιςThe wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.Revelation 21:19 · πόλεωςThe foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,Revelation 21:21 · πόλεωςAnd the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
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