Strong G4174πολιτεία
citizenship
- Transliteration
- politeia
- Pronunciation
- pol-ee-ti'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4177 (polity);
citizenship; concretely a community: - commonwealth freedom.
citizenship; concretely a community: - commonwealth freedom.
Detailed definition
πολιτεία, -ας, ἡ
(πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 2Mac 6:23 2Mac 8:17 2Mac 13:14, 3Ma.3:21 3Mac 3:23, 4Ma.3:20 4Mac 8:7 4Mac 17:9 *;]
1. citizenship: Act.22:28 (3 Mac, ll. with, Hdt., Xen., a1.).
2. government, administration (Aristoph., Dem., al.).
3. a commonwealth: Eph.2:12.†
(AS)
(πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 2Mac 6:23 2Mac 8:17 2Mac 13:14, 3Ma.3:21 3Mac 3:23, 4Ma.3:20 4Mac 8:7 4Mac 17:9 *;]
1. citizenship: Act.22:28 (3 Mac, ll. with, Hdt., Xen., a1.).
2. government, administration (Aristoph., Dem., al.).
3. a commonwealth: Eph.2:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4174 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- commonwealth1
- freedom1
First verses
- Acts 22:28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
- Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πολῑτ-εία,
Ionic dialect πολῑτ-ηΐη, ἡ, condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.104, etc.; π. δοῦναί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.10)]: plural, grants of citizenship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 54.3.)]
2 the daily life of a citizen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.184; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ π. [prev. author] 20.122)]; life, living, ἡ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ π. [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.43.6; so perhaps NT.Eph.2.12.)]
3 concrete, body of citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a34.)]
4 = Latin civitas in geographical sense, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 888.118 (Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD), Mitteis “Chr.” 78.6 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
II government, administration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 219, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.15, etc.; ἄγειν τὴν π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127; πρασύτατα καὶ ἀσελγέστατα τῇ π. κεχρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 29)]; course of policy, τῇ π. καὶ τοῖς ψηφίσμασι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.87, compare 9.3 (_plural_), 18.263; ἡ Κλεοφῶντος π. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.150; ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ὁμιλία καὶ π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.46)]: plural, acts of policy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 65.)]
II.2 tenure of public office, πᾶσαν π. ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτελέσαι [Refs (“IG” 4.716.6 (from Hermione))]; ἐν τοῖς τῆς π. χρόνοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.32 B 76 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC).)]
III civil polity, constitution of a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, etc.; τὴν ἐλευθερίαν.., μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τὰς π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.65)]; form of gouernment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562a, etc.; ὁμολογοῦνται τρεῖς εἶναι π., τυραννὶς καὶ ὀλιγαρχία καὶ δημοκρατία 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1293a37, etc.; αἱ τέτταρες π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 544b; ἥτις ἂν π. συμφέρῃ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.8; π. ἐστὶ τάξις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡ περὶ τὰς ἀρχάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289a15, compare 1274b26 (_plural_), 1289b27 (_plural_); ὅπου μὴ νόμοι ἄρχουσιν οὐκ ἔστι π. [prev. work] 1292a32)]; τὴν ἀρίστην πολιτεύεσθαι π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1288b31, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.1, etc.)]
III.2 especially republican government, free common-wealth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1160a34, “Pol.” 1293b22)]; ὅταν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν πολιτεύηται συμφέρον, καλεῖται π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1279a39; ἄπιστον ταῖς π. ἡ τυραννίς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.5; οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλεῖς ταῖς π. αἱ πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους.. ὁμιλίαι [prev. author] 6.21; τοὺς τὰς π. μεθιστάντας εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν [prev. author] 15.20; ταῖς μὲν π. πολεμοῦσι τὰς δὲ μοναρχίας συγκαθιστᾶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.125; ἔστι δήμου ἡ π. βίος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.826c.)]
Ionic dialect πολῑτ-ηΐη, ἡ, condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.104, etc.; π. δοῦναί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.10)]: plural, grants of citizenship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 54.3.)]
2 the daily life of a citizen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.184; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ π. [prev. author] 20.122)]; life, living, ἡ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ π. [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.43.6; so perhaps NT.Eph.2.12.)]
3 concrete, body of citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a34.)]
4 = Latin civitas in geographical sense, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 888.118 (Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD), Mitteis “Chr.” 78.6 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
II government, administration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 219, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.15, etc.; ἄγειν τὴν π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127; πρασύτατα καὶ ἀσελγέστατα τῇ π. κεχρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 29)]; course of policy, τῇ π. καὶ τοῖς ψηφίσμασι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.87, compare 9.3 (_plural_), 18.263; ἡ Κλεοφῶντος π. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.150; ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ὁμιλία καὶ π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.46)]: plural, acts of policy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 65.)]
II.2 tenure of public office, πᾶσαν π. ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτελέσαι [Refs (“IG” 4.716.6 (from Hermione))]; ἐν τοῖς τῆς π. χρόνοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.32 B 76 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC).)]
III civil polity, constitution of a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, etc.; τὴν ἐλευθερίαν.., μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τὰς π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.65)]; form of gouernment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562a, etc.; ὁμολογοῦνται τρεῖς εἶναι π., τυραννὶς καὶ ὀλιγαρχία καὶ δημοκρατία 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1293a37, etc.; αἱ τέτταρες π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 544b; ἥτις ἂν π. συμφέρῃ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.8; π. ἐστὶ τάξις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡ περὶ τὰς ἀρχάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289a15, compare 1274b26 (_plural_), 1289b27 (_plural_); ὅπου μὴ νόμοι ἄρχουσιν οὐκ ἔστι π. [prev. work] 1292a32)]; τὴν ἀρίστην πολιτεύεσθαι π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1288b31, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.1, etc.)]
III.2 especially republican government, free common-wealth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1160a34, “Pol.” 1293b22)]; ὅταν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν πολιτεύηται συμφέρον, καλεῖται π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1279a39; ἄπιστον ταῖς π. ἡ τυραννίς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.5; οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλεῖς ταῖς π. αἱ πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους.. ὁμιλίαι [prev. author] 6.21; τοὺς τὰς π. μεθιστάντας εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν [prev. author] 15.20; ταῖς μὲν π. πολεμοῦσι τὰς δὲ μοναρχίας συγκαθιστᾶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.125; ἔστι δήμου ἡ π. βίος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.826c.)]