Strong G4176πολιτεύω
be a citizen
- Transliteration
- politeuomai
- Pronunciation
- pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of a derivative of G4177; to behave as a citizen (figuratively): - let conversation be live.
Detailed definition
πολιτεύω more frequently as depon., -ομαι, and so in LXX and NT
(πολίτης), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 2Ma.6:1 2Mac 11:25, 3Ma.3:4 3Mac 3:1-30; 4Ma.4:1-26 *;]
to be a citizen, live as a citizen: metaphorically, of conduct as based on heavenly citizenship, Act.23:1, Php.1:27.†
(AS)
(πολίτης), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 2Ma.6:1 2Mac 11:25, 3Ma.3:4 3Mac 3:1-30; 4Ma.4:1-26 *;]
to be a citizen, live as a citizen: metaphorically, of conduct as based on heavenly citizenship, Act.23:1, Php.1:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4176 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- let1
- live1
First verses
- Acts 23:1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Philippians 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πολῑτεύω,
future -σω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.2)]:—to be a citizen or freeman, live in a free state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46, 3.34, 4.114, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.26; οἴκοι π. “SIG” 306.21 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]; π. παρά τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.19)]; πεπολιτευκὼρ πὰρ ἁμέ, ={μετοικῶν}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 425.5 (Elis, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; κατὰ νόμους π., opposed to monarchy, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.76.2: more frequently in)]middle, see below
2 have a certain form of government, administer the state, κατ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19, 3.62; π. ὥσπερ εἰώθεσαν [prev. author] 4.130; κατὰ τὰ ἴδια κέρδη π. [prev. author] 2.65; πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον κέρδος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.13; ἐλευθέρως τὰ πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37)]:—passive, of the state, to be governed, τὰς εὖ -ευομένας πόλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.35, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427a, etc.; ἄνευ ὁμονοίας οὔτ᾽ ἂν πόλις εὖ -ευθείη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.16)]; τὰ πεπολιτευμένα αὐτοῖς the measures of their administration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.28; τὰ κοινῇ πεπ. [prev. author] 18.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.45, etc.)]
2.b passive, in Law, to be customary, τὸ μέχρι νῦν -ευόμενον [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 73.8.2, compare 52 “Praef.”)]; ἡ -ευομένη τῆς ἀρτάβης (i.e. τιμή) customary price, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 105.7 (5th c.AD).)]
3 passive, to be made a citizen, τοὺς ἐπὶ Τέλωνος πολιτευθέντας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.72.)]
B most frequently in middle, future πολιτεύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1365, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.9)]: aorist ἐπολιτευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.207)]; also passive ἐπολιτεύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.92, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.5, (ἐν-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.5, etc.)]: perfect πεπολίτευμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.35, etc.)]:—like the active, live as a free citizen, chiefly in Prose (once in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (see. below), twice in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus (see. below)); π. μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator [same place]; ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1, etc.; ἐν ἐλευθερίᾳ καὶ νόμοις ἐξ ἴσου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.4)]; opposed to μετοικέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.20; ἐν εἰρήνῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.22; ἀδίκως πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.42; εἰ πένης.. λαὸς πολιτεύοιτο πλουσίων ἄτερ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 21.)]
B.II take part in the government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 45 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15 (as variant), 4th-3rd c.BC: Nausiphanes Philosophus 2, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.18)]; meddle with politics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 561d)]; opposed to ἰδιωτεύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.195)]; hold public office, show public spirit, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.858 (Methana, compare “Glotta” 14.78), “SIG” 850.14 (Epist. Antonini Pii), etc.)]
B.II.2 with accusative, administer, govern, ἅπαντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 573; τὰ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς πολιτεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.74; ἃ καὶ πεποίηκα καὶ πεπολίτευμαι [prev. author] 18.4; οὐ τὰ βέλτιστα π. [prev. work]207; π. πόλεμον ἐκ πολέμου)] make perpetual war the principle of government, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.177)]: absolutely, conduct the government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1365; κατὰ συμμορίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.29; διὰ τοὺς ἀδίκως -ομένους ἐν τῇ ὀλιγαρχίᾳ δημοκρατία γίγνεται 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.27; τοῖς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πεπολιτευμένοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.4)]; οἱ πολιτευόμενοι the ministers, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.30, 24.157.)]
B.III have a certain form of government, τοὺς ἄριστα τῶν ἄλλων πολιτευομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.24; ἡμῶν ἐγγὺς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 568b)]; κατὰ τὰ πάτρια π. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.83)]; οἱ τὴν ἄνισον πολιτείαν πολιτευόμενοι, i. e. those living in an oligarchy or a tyranny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.5.)]
B.IV serve as curialis, Mitteis [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Chr.” 97i18 (4th c.AD), “PLips.” 62i2 (4th c.AD), “POxy.” 2106.19 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
B.V in Law, execute according to custom, διαθήκας [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Nou.” 66.1 “Intr.”)]
B.VI deal with, in private affairs, ἀλλήλοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.63.11 (3rd c.BC))]; πρὸς [τοὺς θεοὺς] ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 144.14, compare 110.78 (2nd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.11.25, Aristeas 31, NT.Act.23.1; π. πᾶσαν πολιτείαν κατὰ τὸν ἰουδαϊσμόν “BCH” 56.293 (Stobi, 1st-2nd c.AD))]; behave, [NT (NT.Phil.1.27.)]
B.VI.b metaphorically, arrange, bring about, συνοδίαν, γάμον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.1, 2.2.)]
future -σω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.2)]:—to be a citizen or freeman, live in a free state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.46, 3.34, 4.114, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.26; οἴκοι π. “SIG” 306.21 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]; π. παρά τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.19)]; πεπολιτευκὼρ πὰρ ἁμέ, ={μετοικῶν}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 425.5 (Elis, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; κατὰ νόμους π., opposed to monarchy, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.76.2: more frequently in)]middle, see below
2 have a certain form of government, administer the state, κατ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19, 3.62; π. ὥσπερ εἰώθεσαν [prev. author] 4.130; κατὰ τὰ ἴδια κέρδη π. [prev. author] 2.65; πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον κέρδος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.13; ἐλευθέρως τὰ πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37)]:—passive, of the state, to be governed, τὰς εὖ -ευομένας πόλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.35, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427a, etc.; ἄνευ ὁμονοίας οὔτ᾽ ἂν πόλις εὖ -ευθείη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.16)]; τὰ πεπολιτευμένα αὐτοῖς the measures of their administration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.28; τὰ κοινῇ πεπ. [prev. author] 18.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.45, etc.)]
2.b passive, in Law, to be customary, τὸ μέχρι νῦν -ευόμενον [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 73.8.2, compare 52 “Praef.”)]; ἡ -ευομένη τῆς ἀρτάβης (i.e. τιμή) customary price, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 105.7 (5th c.AD).)]
3 passive, to be made a citizen, τοὺς ἐπὶ Τέλωνος πολιτευθέντας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.72.)]
B most frequently in middle, future πολιτεύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1365, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.9)]: aorist ἐπολιτευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.207)]; also passive ἐπολιτεύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.92, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.5, (ἐν-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.5, etc.)]: perfect πεπολίτευμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.35, etc.)]:—like the active, live as a free citizen, chiefly in Prose (once in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (see. below), twice in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus (see. below)); π. μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator [same place]; ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1, etc.; ἐν ἐλευθερίᾳ καὶ νόμοις ἐξ ἴσου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.4)]; opposed to μετοικέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.20; ἐν εἰρήνῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.22; ἀδίκως πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.42; εἰ πένης.. λαὸς πολιτεύοιτο πλουσίων ἄτερ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 21.)]
B.II take part in the government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 45 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15 (as variant), 4th-3rd c.BC: Nausiphanes Philosophus 2, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 27, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.18)]; meddle with politics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 561d)]; opposed to ἰδιωτεύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.195)]; hold public office, show public spirit, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.858 (Methana, compare “Glotta” 14.78), “SIG” 850.14 (Epist. Antonini Pii), etc.)]
B.II.2 with accusative, administer, govern, ἅπαντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 573; τὰ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς πολιτεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.74; ἃ καὶ πεποίηκα καὶ πεπολίτευμαι [prev. author] 18.4; οὐ τὰ βέλτιστα π. [prev. work]207; π. πόλεμον ἐκ πολέμου)] make perpetual war the principle of government, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.177)]: absolutely, conduct the government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1365; κατὰ συμμορίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.29; διὰ τοὺς ἀδίκως -ομένους ἐν τῇ ὀλιγαρχίᾳ δημοκρατία γίγνεται 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.27; τοῖς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πεπολιτευμένοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.4)]; οἱ πολιτευόμενοι the ministers, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.30, 24.157.)]
B.III have a certain form of government, τοὺς ἄριστα τῶν ἄλλων πολιτευομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.24; ἡμῶν ἐγγὺς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 568b)]; κατὰ τὰ πάτρια π. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.83)]; οἱ τὴν ἄνισον πολιτείαν πολιτευόμενοι, i. e. those living in an oligarchy or a tyranny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.5.)]
B.IV serve as curialis, Mitteis [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Chr.” 97i18 (4th c.AD), “PLips.” 62i2 (4th c.AD), “POxy.” 2106.19 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
B.V in Law, execute according to custom, διαθήκας [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Nou.” 66.1 “Intr.”)]
B.VI deal with, in private affairs, ἀλλήλοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.63.11 (3rd c.BC))]; πρὸς [τοὺς θεοὺς] ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 144.14, compare 110.78 (2nd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.11.25, Aristeas 31, NT.Act.23.1; π. πᾶσαν πολιτείαν κατὰ τὸν ἰουδαϊσμόν “BCH” 56.293 (Stobi, 1st-2nd c.AD))]; behave, [NT (NT.Phil.1.27.)]
B.VI.b metaphorically, arrange, bring about, συνοδίαν, γάμον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 1.1, 2.2.)]