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πολιτεία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πολιτεία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
politeia
Simplified transliteration: 
politeia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4174
GK Number: 
4486
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
citizenship
Definition: 
the state of being a citizen; citizenship, the right, or privilege of being a citizen, freedom of a city or state, Acts 22:28; a commonwealth, community, Eph. 2:12*

Greek-English Concordance for πολιτεία

Acts 22:28 The commanding officer answered, “I obtained this citizenship (politeian | πολιτείαν | acc sg fem) with a large sum of money.” Paul answered, “But I was even born one.”
Ephesians 2:12 remember that at that time you were apart from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth (politeias | πολιτείας | gen sg fem) of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.