G4174: πολιτεία
politeía · “citizenship”
Definition
citizenship; concretely, a community
KJV translates it as: commonwealth, freedom
Word origin: from G4177 (πολίτης) ("polity");
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4174 is translated
- citizenship ×1
- commonwealth ×1
Bible verses with G4174 (politeía)
Politeía appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 22:28
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
- Ephesians 2:12
That 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: