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polis G4172

πόλις (polis) means “city” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πόλις Greek · G4172 162 tagged occurrences in 153 verses

Pronunciation guide: pol'-is Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4172

πόλις · polis · city

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a city, the inhabitants of a city.

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How translators render G4172

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
city 76
town 35
a town 9
towns 9
cities 8
the city 5
a city 3
the town 2
any town 1
city into turmoil 1
city itself 1
from the city 1
from town after town 1
same town 1
the cities 1
the judean town 1
the towns 1
there 1
to the city 1
town to town 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
city 58
the city 51
of the city 15
a city 12
the cities 10
cities 8
for 2
unto the city 2
belonging to the city 1
every city 1
of the cities 1
out of the city 1
the 1
the same city 1
to the city 1

Verses containing G4172

Page 2 of 4. 153 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 8:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.

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  2. Luke 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

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  3. Luke 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.

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  4. Luke 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

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  5. Luke 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

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  6. Luke 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

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  7. Luke 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

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  8. Luke 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

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  9. Luke 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.

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  10. Luke 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

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  11. Luke 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

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  12. Luke 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

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  13. Luke 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

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  14. Luke 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’

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  15. Luke 19:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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  16. Luke 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,

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  17. Luke 23:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

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  18. Luke 23:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

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  19. Luke 24:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

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  20. John 1:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

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  21. John 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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  22. John 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

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  23. John 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

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  24. John 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

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  25. John 4:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

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  26. John 11:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

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  27. John 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

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  28. Acts 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

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  29. Acts 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

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  30. Acts 7:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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  31. Acts 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

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  32. Acts 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So there was great joy in that city.

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  33. Acts 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

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  34. Acts 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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  35. Acts 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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  36. Acts 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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  37. Acts 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

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  38. Acts 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

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  39. Acts 13:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

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  40. Acts 13:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

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  41. Acts 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

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  42. Acts 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

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  43. Acts 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

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  44. Acts 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

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  45. Acts 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

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  46. Acts 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

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  47. Acts 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

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  48. Acts 15:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

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  49. Acts 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

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  50. Acts 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.

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