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 · πολιτείανand the chief captain answered, ‘I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;’ but Paul said, ‘But I have been even born so.’Ephesians 2:12 · πολιτείαςthat ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;