Strong's #4172: polis (pronounced pol'-is)
probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size):--city.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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polis
1) a city
1a) one' s native city, the city in which one lives
1b) the heavenly Jerusalem
1b1) the abode of the blessed in heaven
1b2) of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire
1c) the inhabitants of a city
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from G4183
Citing in TDNT: 6:516, 906
Usage:
This word is used 165 times:
Matthew 2:23: "he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled"
Matthew 4:5: "taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him"
Matthew 5:14: "light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot"
Matthew 5:35: "by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King."
Matthew 8:33: "went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and"
Matthew 8:34: "behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus:"
Matthew 9:1: "came into his own city."
Matthew 9:35: "went about all the cities and villages, teaching in"
Matthew 10:5: "of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:"
Matthew 10:11: "And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter,"
Matthew 10:14: "when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust"
Matthew 10:15: "of judgment, than for that city."
Matthew 10:23: "you in this city, flee ye into another: for"
Matthew 10:23: "Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the"
Matthew 11:1: "to preach in their cities."
Matthew 11:20: "began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his"
Matthew 12:25: "is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against"
Matthew 14:13: "him on foot out of the cities."
Matthew 21:10: "Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is"
Matthew 21:17: "and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged"
Matthew 21:18: "as he returned into the city, he hungered."
Matthew 22:7: "and burned up their city."
Matthew 23:34: "synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:"
Matthew 23:34: "persecute them from city to city:"
Matthew 26:18: "Go into the city to such a man, and say"
Matthew 27:53: "into the holy city, and appeared unto many."
Matthew 28:11: "came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all"
Mark 1:33: "And all the city was gathered together at the"
Mark 1:45: "openly enter into the city, but was without in"
Mark 5:14: "told it in the city, and in the country."
Mark 6:11: "the day of judgment, than for that city."
Mark 6:33: "thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and"
Mark 6:56: "he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid"
Mark 11:19: "he went out of the city."
Mark 14:13: "Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man"
Mark 14:16: "came into the city, and found as he had said"
Luke 1:26: "from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,"
Luke 1:39: "with haste, into a city of Judah;"
Luke 2:3: "every one into his own city."
Luke 2:4: "from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto"
Luke 2:4: "into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;"
Luke 2:11: "is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is"
Luke 2:39: "Galilee, to their own city Nazareth."
Luke 4:29: "him out of the city, and led him unto"
Luke 4:29: "hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong."
Luke 4:31: "came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught"
Luke 4:43: "kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore"
Luke 5:12: "was in a certain city, behold a man full"
Luke 7:11: "day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many"
Luke 7:12: "to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out,"
