πόλις, πολισεως, ἡ (πέλομαι, to dwell (or rather denoting originally 'fullness,' 'throng'; allied with Latinpleo, plebs, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 79 and § 374; Vanicek, p. 499; (otherwise Fick 1:138))) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for ςΔιψ, besides for χΔψΐιΘδ, ωΗΡςΗψ (gate), etc., a city; a. universally, Mat_2:23; Mar_1:45; Luk_4:29; Joh_11:54; Act_5:16, and very often in the historical books of the N. T.; κατά τήν πόλιν, through the city (A. V. in; see κατά, II. 1 a.), Act_24:12; κατά πόλιν, κατά πόλεις, see κατά, II. 3a. α., p. 328a; opposed to κῶμαι, Mat_9:35; Mat_10:11; Luk_8:1; Luk_13:22; to κῶμαι καί ἀγροί, Mar_6:56; ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, see ἴδιος, 1b., p. 297a; πόλις with the genitive of a person one's native city, Luk_2:4; Luk_2:11; Joh_1:44(45); or the city in which one lives, Mat_22:7; Luk_4:29; Luk_10:11; Act_16:20; Rev_16:19; Jerusalem is called, on account of the temple erected there, πόλις τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως, i. e. in which the great King of Israel, Jehovah, has his abode, Mat_5:35; Psa_47:2 (), cf. Tob_13:15; also ἅγια πόλις (see ἅγιος, 1 a., p. 7a) and ἡ ἠγαπημένη, the beloved of God, Rev_20:9. with the genitive of a gentile noun: Δαμασκηνῶν, 2Co_11:32; Ἐφεσίων, Act_19:35; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Luk_23:51; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mat_10:23; Σαμαρειτῶν, Mat_10:5; with the genitive of a region: τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Luk_1:26; Luk_4:31; Ιουδα, of the tribe of Judah, Luk_1:39; Λυκαονίας, Act_14:6; Κιλικίας, Act_21:39; τῆς Σαμαρείας, Joh_4:5; Act_8:5. As in classical Greek the proper name of the city is added either in the nominative case, as πόλις Ἰόππη, Act_11:5; or in the genitive, as πόλις Σοδομων, Γομορρας, 2Pe_2:6; Θυατείρων, Act_16:14. b. used of the heavenly Jerusalem (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, 2), i. e. α. the abode of the blessed, in heaven: Heb_11:10; Heb_11:16; with Θεοῦ ζῶντος added, Heb_12:22; ἡ μελλουσα πόλις, Heb_13:14. β. in the visions of the Apocalypse it is used of the visible capital of the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world: Rev_3:12; Rev_21:14 ff; Rev_22:14; ἡ πόλις ἡ ἅγια, Rev_22:19; with Ἱερουσαλήμ καινή added, Rev_21:2. c. πόλις by metonymy, for the inhabitants: Mat_8:34; Act_14:21; πᾶσα ἡ πόλις, Mat_21:10; Act_13:44; ἡ πόλις ὅλῃ, Mar_1:33; Act_21:30; πόλις μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς, Mat_12:25.

πόλις polis 162x a city, an enclosed and walled town, Mat_10:5 ; Mat_10:11 ; Mat_11:1 ; meton. the inhabitants of a city, Mat_8:34 ; Mat_10:15 ; with a gen. of person, or a personal pronoun, the city of any one, the city of one s birth or residence, Mat_9:1 ; Luk_2:4 ; Luk_2:11 ; ἡ πόλις , the city, κατ ἐξοχήν , Jerusalem, Mat_21:18 ; Mat_28:11 ; met. a place of permanent residence, abode, home, Heb_11:10 ; Heb_11:16 ; Heb_13:14 . The frequency count does not include its occurrence in the name Νέαν πόλιν in Act_16:11 city; town; village.

πόλις , -εως , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly and very freq . for H5892 ;] a city: Mat_2:23 , Mar_1:4 , Luk_4:29 , Joh_4:8 , al. mult.; opp . to κῶμαι (κ . καὶ ἀγροί ), Mat_9:35 ; Mat_10:11 , Mar_6:56 , Luk_8:1 ; Luk_13:22 ; c . nom . propr. in appos. ( cl .), Act_11:5 ; Act_16:14 ; c . id . in gen . appos. (Bl., § 35, 5), Act_8:5 , 2Pe_2:6 ; gen ., of the region, Luk_1:26 ; Luk_4:31 , Joh_4:5 ; of the inhabitants, Mat_10:5 ; Mat_10:28 , Luk_23:51 , Act_19:35 , 2Co_11:32 ; c . gen . pers ., of one's residence or native place, Mat_22:7 , Luk_2:4 ; Luk_2:11 ; Luk_4:29 ; Luk_10:11 , Joh_1:45 , Act_16:20 , Rev_16:9 ; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία Papyri, Mat_4:5 ; Mat_27:53 , Rev_11:2 ; ἡ ἠγαπημένη , Rev_20:9 ; Papyri τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως , Mat_5:35 ( cf. Psa_48:2 ; of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, Rev_3:12 ; Rev_21:2 ; Rev_21:10 ; Rev_21:14 ff . Rev_22:14 ; Rev_22:19 . By meton ., of the inhabitants of a city: Mat_8:34 ; Mat_12:25 ; Mat_21:10 , Mar_1:33 , Act_14:21 ; Act_21:30 .

πόλις [page 524] In the second Logia fragment, P Oxy IV. 654 .21 , Blass suggested the restoration ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ ἡ πτο̣[λις ( sc. τοῦ θεοῦ ), and is followed by White ( Sayings , p. 9). It may be worth while to note that this ancient by-form of πόλις occurs in three ostraca of the reign of Caligula as a proper name, Ostr 380 .1 διαγεγρά (φηκεν ) Πτόλις Ψενεν (ούφιος ), ib. 381 .1 , 382 .1 , and similarly in PSI IV. 317 .14 (A.D. 95) Ἀσκληπιάδης Πτόλιδι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν . This recalls the fact that πτόλεμος also survived in the royal name Πτολεμαῖος . The distributive force which πόλις has in several Lucan passages ( Act_15:21 al. ) and in Tit_1:5 is to be set against the very different meaning of the phrase in sundry documents of the new collection from Alexandria (reign of Augustus). Schubart, who edits the documents in BGU IV., notes ( Archiv v. p. 38) that in a good many papers relating to the hire of a nurse (e.g. 1105 .7 ) it is stipulated that the child shall be kept ἔξω κατὰ πόλιν , that is, outside the house of the person who gives the child in charge, but in the city of Alexandria. The phrase may be added to many others with art. dropped after a preposition, but required by the sense : see Proleg. p. 82. For πόλις standing alone with reference to the city of the Gadarenes in Luk_8:27 , cf. the similar usage in connexion with Alexandria in P Magd 22 .4 (B.C. 221) πρὶν τοῦ ] καταπλεῦσαί με εἰς τὴν πόλιν , and P Tebt I. 59 .4 (B.C. 99) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 112) καταντήσαντος γὰρ εἰς τὴν πόλιν Σοκονώφεως , much as in MGr πόλι is used specially of Constantinople, or we speak of going up to town (London). The word is also frequently used of the chief city of a district : see Jouguet Vie Municipale , p. 48 f. In PSI IV. 341 .3 (B.C. 256 5) certain weavers desire to settle in Philadelphia, ἀκούοντες . . . τὸ κλέος τῆς πόλεως . The mingled Hebrew and Greek associations, which have gathered round the NT idea of the Heavenly City, are discussed and illustrated by Hicks CR i. p. 5, and reference should also be made to Souter Lex. s.v. For the Stoic conception of man as a member of the great commonwealth of the universe we may recall M. Anton. iii. 11. 2 πολίτην ὄντα πόλεως τῆς ἀνωτάτης , ἧς αἱ λοιπαὶ πόλεις ὥσπερ οἰκίαι εἰσίν .

πόλις πόλις, ιος, ἡ, [Etym: gen. πόλεως dissyll. in attic Poets] [Etym: ionic and doric πόλιος dissyll. in Il. ] doric πολίεσι:—acc. πόλεις, πόλιας:— "a city", Hom. , Hes. , etc.; πόλις ἄκρη and ἀκροτάτη, ῀ ἀκρόπολις, "the citadel", Il. : this at Athens was often called simply πόλις, while the rest of the city was called ἄστυ, Thuc. , etc.:—the name of the city was often added in gen., Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π. "the city of . ." , Aesch. , etc.; also in appos., ἡ Μένδη π. Thuc. "one's city or country", Od. , etc. when πόλις and ἄστυ are joined, the former is the "body of citizens", the latter "their dwellings", Il. ; ὧν πόλις ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται, where πόλις = "a number of citizens", Soph. :—hence, "the state" (πολιτεία), Hes. , Pind. , attic: esp. "a free state, republic", Soph. , Xen. , etc. "the right of citizenship", like Lat. civitas, Ar. , Dem.

πόλις, -εως, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for עִיר ;] a city: Mat.2:23, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:29, Jhn.4:8, al. mult.; opposite to κῶμαι (κ. καὶ ἀγροί), Mat.9:35 10:11, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:1 13:22; with nom. propr. in appos. (cl.), Act.11:5 16:14; with id. in genitive appos. (BL, §35, 5), Act.8:5, 2Pe.2:6; genitive, of the region, Luk.1:26 4:31, Jhn.4:5; of the inhabitants, Mat.10:5, 23 Luk.23:51, Act.19:35, 2Co.11:32; with genitive of person(s), of one's residence or native place, Mat.22:7, Luk.2:4, 11 4:29 10:11, Jhn.1:45, Act.16:20, Rev.16:9; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία π., Mat.4:5 27:53, Rev.11:2; ἡ ἠγαπημένη, Rev.20:19; π. τοῦ μεγάλου, Mt 5 ̈35 (cf. Ps 47 (48):2); of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10 14ff. 22:14, 19. By meton., of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.8:34 12:25 21:10, Mrk.1:33, Act.14:21 21:30. (AS)