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Strong's #4177 - πολίτης
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- a citizen
- the inhabitant of any city or country
- the association of another in citizenship
- a fellow citizen, fellow countryman
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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 .
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
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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). †
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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.
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