For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πόλις
Vocabulary form:
povliV, -ewV, hJ
Definition:
city
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
162
GK:
4484
Root:
poli
Cognates:
Metropolis ("mother-city") is the parent city of a colony, especially an ancient Greek colony. The word came to be used of any capital or large city.
Neapolis is the port city of Philippi (Acts 16:11).
Mnemonic Singing:
We're marching upward to Zion,
the beautiful city of God.
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 8:39 | “Return to your house and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went about the whole city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) proclaiming what Jesus had done for him. |
| Luke 9:5 | And wherever they do not receive you, leave that town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) and shake off the dust from your feet as an act that testifies against them.” |
| Luke 9:10 | When the apostles returned they recounted to Jesus all they had done; and he took them and withdrew privately to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) called Bethsaida. |
| Luke 10:1 | After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and place where he himself was about to go. |
| Luke 10:8 | “In whichever town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) you enter, and they receive you, eat what is placed before you, |
| Luke 10:10 | In whichever town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, |
| Luke 10:11 | ‘Even the dust of your town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. But know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ |
| Luke 10:12 | I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on that day than for that town (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem). |
| Luke 13:22 | Then Jesus went through town after town (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem) and village after village, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. |
| Luke 14:21 | So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ |
| Luke 18:2 | He said, “There was a certain judge in a certain city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) who neither feared God nor had any regard for people. |
| Luke 18:3 | There was a widow in that city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem), and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’ |
| Luke 19:17 | And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, exercise authority over ten cities.’ (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem) |
| Luke 19:19 | So he said to this one as well, ‘And you, rule over five cities.’ (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem) |
| Luke 19:41 | As Jesus drew near and saw the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), he wept over it, |
| Luke 22:10 | He said to them, “Look, when you have entered the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house into which he enters |
| Luke 23:19 | who was thrown into prison because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) and for murder. |
| Luke 23:51 | (He had not agreed with their decision or their action.) He was from the Jewish town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) of Arimathea, and was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God. |
| Luke 24:49 | And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you, but stay in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) until you have been clothed with power from on high.” |
| John 1:44 | Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) of Andrew and Peter. |
| John 4:5 | So he came to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. |
| John 4:8 | (For his disciples had gone off to the town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) to buy food.) |
| John 4:28 | Then the woman left her water jar and went off to the town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem). She told the people there, |
| John 4:30 | So they went out of the town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) and made their way to Jesus. |
| John 4:39 | Many of the Samaritans from that town (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) believed in him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” |
| John 11:54 | Jesus therefore no longer walked about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) called Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples. |
| John 19:20 | Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. |
| Acts 4:27 | For truly there were gathered together in this city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, |
| Acts 5:16 | A great number of people from the towns (poleōn | πόλεων | gen pl fem) around Jerusalem also came, bringing the sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and they were healed, all of them. |
| Acts 7:58 | When they had driven him out of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), they began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. |
| Acts 8:5 | Philip went down to the main city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) of Samaria and began proclaiming to them the Christ. |
| Acts 8:8 | So there was great joy in that city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem). |
| Acts 8:9 | Now there was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) and amazing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was someone great. |
| Acts 8:40 | But Philip was found at Azotus; and as he traveled through the area he announced the good news to all the towns (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem), until he came to Caesarea. |
| Acts 9:6 | But rise and go into the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), and it will be told you what you must do.” |
| Acts 10:9 | The following day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem), Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour. |
| Acts 11:5 | “I was in the city (polei | πόλει | dat sg fem) of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending, like a great sheet being let down by its four corners from heaven, and it came close to me. |
| Acts 12:10 | When they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem), which of its own accord opened for them, and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel left him. |
| Acts 13:44 | On the following Sabbath almost the whole city (polis | πόλις | nom sg fem) assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. |
| Acts 13:50 | But the Jews incited the devout women of honorable rank and the leading men of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), and they stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district. |
| Acts 14:4 | But the people of the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem) were divided; while some sided with the Jews, others sided with the apostles. |
| Acts 14:6 | they became aware of it and fled to the cities (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem) of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding region, |
| Acts 14:13 | The priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifice along with the crowds. |
| Acts 14:19 | But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowd they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city (poleōs | πόλεως | gen sg fem), thinking him to be dead. |
| Acts 14:20 | But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem); and on the following day he set off with Barnabas for Derbe. |
| Acts 14:21 | After they had preached the good news in that city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and to Antioch, |
| Acts 15:21 | For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) those who proclaim him, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.” |
| Acts 15:36 | And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return indeed and visit the brothers in every city (polin | πόλιν | acc sg fem) in which we announced the word of the Lord to see how they are.” |
| Acts 16:4 | As they went through the cities (poleis | πόλεις | acc pl fem), they delivered to them for observance the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. |
| Acts 16:11 | So, setting sail from Troas, we sailed on a direct course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis, |