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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4177 - πολίτης

Transliteration

polítēs

Phonetics

pol-ee'-tace

Origin

from (G4172)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

6:516,906

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a citizen
1. the inhabitant of any city or country
2. the association of another in citizenship
  1. a fellow citizen, fellow countryman

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 5997 ‑ עָמִית (aw‑meeth'); 7453 ‑ רֵיעַ (ray'‑ah, ray'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Luke 2

Acts 1

BSB (4)

Luke 2

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (3)

Luke 2

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (3)

Luke 2

Acts 1

KJV (3)

Luke 2

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

Luke 2

Acts 1

Hebrews 2

N95 (5)

Luke 2

Acts 1

Hebrews 2

NAS (5)

Luke 2

Acts 1

Hebrews 2

NLT (3)

Luke 1

Acts 2

Hebrews 1

WEB (3)

Luke 2

Acts 1

YLT (4)

Luke 2

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (3)

a citizen 1

citizens 1

one of the citizens 1

BSB (4)

a citizen of 1

citizen 1

neighbor 1

subjects 1

CSB (3)

citizen 1

subjects 1

the citizens 1

ESV (3)

citizen 1

citizens 2

KJV (3)

citizen 2

citizens 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

citizen 2

citizens 2

fellow 1

N95 (5)

citizen 2

citizens 2

fellow 1

NAS (5)

citizen 2

citizens 2

fellow 1

NLT (3)

citizen 1

neighbors 1

people 1

WEB (3)

a citizen 1

citizens 1

one of the citizens 1

YLT (4)

a citizen 1

citizens 2

neighbour 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BMT

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-ASM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

TRG

N-ASM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πολῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,

Ion. πολιήτης (q.v.),

citizen, freeman, Il. 15.558, 22.429, Od. 7.131, Pi. O. 5.16, etc.; π. ἀγαθός Th. 3.42, Pl. Grg. 517c; κακός E. Ba. 271; πόλεως, πόλεων π., Antipho 5.78, And. 1.5; ὦ γᾶς πατρίας πολῖται S. Ant. 806 (lyr.); π. ὁρίζεται τῷ μετέχειν κρίσεως καὶ ἀρχῆς Arist. Pol. 1275a22 .

2. fellow-citizen (cf. πολιήτης ), Sapph. Supp. 1.14, etc.; Κάδμου π. A. Th. 1; Ἀθηναίων π. And. 1.139; ὑμῶν Lys. 20.12; σός Pl. Prt. 339e: and by a Com. metaph., οἴνου π. ὢν κρατίστου Amphis 36 .

II Adj. belonging to, connected with one's city or country, θεοὶ πολῖται, = πολιοῦχοι, A. Th. 253; π. δῆμος, = ὁ τῆς πόλεως, Ar. Ec. 574 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πολίτης, πολιτου, ὁ (πόλις), from Homer down, a citizen; i. e.

a. the inhabitant of any city or conntry: πόλεως, Acts 21:39; τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης, Luke 15:15.

b. the associate of another in citizenship, i. e. a fellow-citizen, fellow-countryman, (Plato, Apology, p. 37 c.; others): with the genitive of a person, Luke 19:14; Hebrews 8:11 (where Rec. has τόν πλησίον) from Jeremiah 38:34 (), where it is used for רֵעַ , as in Proverbs 11:9, 12; Proverbs 24:43 ().

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πολίτης , -ου , ὁ

(< πόλις ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7453;]

1. a citizen: c. gen. loc., Luke 15:15, Acts 21:39.

2. a fellow-citizen: c. gen. pers., Luke 19:14, Hebrews 8:11 (LXX). †

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Oxy VII. 1033.15 (A.D. 392) ὡς προείπαμεν, ";as aforesaid"; (Ed.), and the Christian letter of a slave to his master regarding the illness of his mistress—P Oxy VI. 939.25 (iv/A.D.) ἔδοξεν μὲν γὰρ ὡς προεῖπον ἀνεκτότερον ἐσχηκέναι ἀνακαθεσ ̣θ ̣εῖσα, ";for she seems, as I said before, to be in a more tolerable state, in that she has sat up"; (cf. Luke 7:15). Cf. from the inscrr. Syll 239 (= .3 543).38 (B.C. 214) τοῖς μέντοι κατηγορεῖν τούτων μέλλουσιν προείπατε, ὅπως μὴ φανῶσιν κτλ., and Kaibel 947.10 καὶ [σεμνῶ ]ν εἰμ [ι ] προφήτης ὧν γε προεῖπα θεῶν. See s.v. προλέγω.

List of Word Forms

πολιται πολίται πολῖται πολίταις πολίτας πολιτην πολίτην πολιτης πολίτης πολιτων πολιτών πολιτῶν politai polîtai politen politēn políten polítēn polites politēs polítes polítēs politon politôn politōn politō̂n