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)
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G4174 — πολιτεία
politeia · citizenship · Greek
2 tagged verse occurrences
Acts 22:28 · πολιτείαν“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.Ephesians 2:12 · πολιτείαςremember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.