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Strong's Number G4172

πόλις
polis · pol'-is
Transliteration:
polis{pol'-is}
Word Origin:
probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183
TDNT:
6:516,906
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Usage in the KJV:
city 164

Total: 164
Occurs 164 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. a city
    1. one's native city, the city in which one lives
    2. the heavenly Jerusalem
      1. the abode of the blessed in heaven
      2. of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire
    3. the inhabitants of a city
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament