ΠΟΛΙ, πολι
POLI, poli
Sounds Like: PO-lee
Translations: city, a city
From the root: ΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is likely a shortened or uninflected form of the Koine Greek word 'πόλις' (polis), meaning 'city' or 'town'. It is a feminine noun. In its standard inflected forms, it refers to a populated center, a community, or a state. It is used to denote a place where people live together in an organized society.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine (likely a variant or uninflected form of ΠΟΛΙΣ)
Strong’s number: G4172 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 8:27, 8:32
- 2 Esdras — 13:34, 23:18
- Esther — 9:6
- Judith — 7:26
- 1 Maccabees — 1:51, 2:17, 2:27, 3:8, 11:47, 11:50, 12:37, 13:25, 13:44, 13:45, 14:36
- Job — 29:7
- Isaiah — 18:4, 22:10, 25:4, 32:18
- Jeremiah — 21:6, 21:7, 21:9, 32:29, 38:24, 45:2, 45:4, 52:6, 52:25
- Lamentations — 0:19
- Matthew — 10:15, 10:23
- Luke — 2:11
- Acts of the Apostles — 4:27, 8:8, 8:9, 11:5, 18:10
- Revelation — 18:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΠΟΛΙ — city, a city, town, a town
- ἨΠΟΛΕΩΝ — of cities
- ΜΕΝΠΟΛΕΩΣ — (of) the city, (of) a city
- ΠΟΛΕ — of a city, of the city, of a town, of the town
- ΠΟΛΕΙ — (to) a city, (to) the city, (in) a city, (in) the city, (for) a city, (for) the city
- ΠΟΛΕΙΚΑΙ — to the city, for the city, a city
- ΠΟΛΕΙΣ — cities, a city
- ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΝ — It's not clear what this word means. It could be garbled or badly misspelled. If it's a misspelling of 'πόλεων' (poleon), it would mean 'of cities'. If it's a misspelling of 'πολίτην' (politēn), it would mean 'citizen, a citizen'.
- ΠΟΛΕΣΙ — to cities, for cities, in cities
- ΠΟΛΕΣΙΝ — to cities, for cities, in cities, among cities
- ΠΟΛΕΣΙΝΤΑΣ — cities, (in) cities, (to) cities
- ΠΟΛΕΩ — of the city, of a city
- ΠΟΛΕΩΝ — of cities
- ΠΟΛΕΩΝΤΗΣ — of cities, cities
- ΠΟΛΕΩΣ — (of) a city, (of) the city, city, a city
- ΠΟΛΕΩΣΣΦΑΣ — unknown
- ΠΟΛΙΕΙ — will make a city, will build a city, will found a city, will become a city, will be a citizen, will live as a citizen
- ΠΟΛΙΝ — city, a city
- ΠΟΛΙΝἨ — city, a city
- ΠΟΛΙΣ — city, a city, town, a town
- ΠΟΛΙΣΤΡΙΣΙ — (to) cities, (to) towns
- ΠΟΛΙΧΝΙΑ — small city, town, village, a small city, a town, a village
- ΠΟΛΙΧΝΙΟΝ — small city, a small city, town, a town, village, a village
- ΤΑΙΣΠΟΛΕΣΙΝ — to the cities, for the cities, in the cities
- ΤΗΣΠΟΛΕΩΣ — of the city, of a city
- ΤΗΣΠΟΛΙΑΣ — of the city, of a city
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