G4177: πολίτης
polítēs · “citizen”
Definition
a townsman
KJV translates it as: citizen
Word origin: from G4172 (πόλις);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4177 is translated
- citizens ×1
- the citizens ×1
- a citizen, ×1
- comrade ×1
Bible verses with G4177 (polítēs)
Polítēs appears in 4 verses.
- Luke 15:15
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Acts 21:39
But 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.
- Hebrews 8:11
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.