Strong G4177πολίτης
citizen
- Transliteration
- politēs
- Pronunciation
- pol-ee'-tace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G4172; a townsman: - citizen.
Detailed definition
πολίτης, -ου, ὁ
(πόλις), [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ;]
1. a citizen: with genitive loc., Luk.15:15, Act.21:39.
2. a fellow-citizen: with genitive of person(s), Luk.19:14, Heb.8:11" (LXX).†
(AS)
(πόλις), [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ;]
1. a citizen: with genitive loc., Luk.15:15, Act.21:39.
2. a fellow-citizen: with genitive of person(s), Luk.19:14, Heb.8:11" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4177 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- citizen3
First verses
- Luke 15:15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Acts 21:39But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πολῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
Ionic dialect πολιήτης (which see), citizen, freeman, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.558, 22.429, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.131, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.16, etc.; π. ἀγαθός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 517c; κακός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 271)]; πόλεως, πόλεων π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.5; ὦ γᾶς πατρίας πολῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 806 (Lyric poetry); π. ὁρίζεται τῷ μετέχειν κρίσεως καὶ ἀρχῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a22.)]
2 fellow-citizen (compare πολιήτης), [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.14, etc.; Κάδμου π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1; Ἀθηναίων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139; ὑμῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.12; σός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 339e)]: and by a Comedy texts metaphorically, οἴνου π. ὢν κρατίστου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 36.)]
II adjective belonging to, connected with one's city or country, θεοὶ πολῖται, ={πολιοῦχοι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 253)]; π. δῆμος, ={ὁ τῆς πόλεως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 574.)]
Ionic dialect πολιήτης (which see), citizen, freeman, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.558, 22.429, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.131, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.16, etc.; π. ἀγαθός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 517c; κακός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 271)]; πόλεως, πόλεων π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.5; ὦ γᾶς πατρίας πολῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 806 (Lyric poetry); π. ὁρίζεται τῷ μετέχειν κρίσεως καὶ ἀρχῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a22.)]
2 fellow-citizen (compare πολιήτης), [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.14, etc.; Κάδμου π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1; Ἀθηναίων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139; ὑμῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.12; σός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 339e)]: and by a Comedy texts metaphorically, οἴνου π. ὢν κρατίστου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 36.)]
II adjective belonging to, connected with one's city or country, θεοὶ πολῖται, ={πολιοῦχοι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 253)]; π. δῆμος, ={ὁ τῆς πόλεως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 574.)]