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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 (4/4)

Revelation 21:19

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

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Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

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Revelation 21:23

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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Revelation 22:19

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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