G4172

πόλις

polis

Feminine noun · Probably from the same as πόλεμος (G4171), or perhaps from πολύς (G4183)

Probably from the same as G4171, or perhaps from G4183; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size):—city.

Outline

  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

Usages (2/4)

Acts 8:8

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