2001 Translation

POLEŌS, poleōs

Sounds Like: POH-leh-ohs

Translations: (of) a city, (of) the city, city, a city

From the root: ΠΟΛΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'πόλις' (polis), meaning 'city' or 'town'. It is used to indicate possession, origin, or relationship, often translated with 'of a city' or 'of the city'. For example, 'the walls of the city' or 'the people of the city'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4172 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:91, 1:100, 1:105, 1:111, 1:113

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 55:4

Codex Sinaiticus

• Genesis — 24:11, 24:43
• Numbers — 24:19
• Judges — 6:27, 6:28, 6:30, 8:16, 8:17, 9:30, 9:35, 9:43, 9:51
• 1 Chronicles — 13:5, 15:29, 19:9
• 2 Esdras — 10:14, 12:8, 13:15, 18:16, 21:9, 22:37
• Esther — 4:1, 6:9, 6:11, 9:14
• Judith — 3:5, 3:10, 6:12, 6:14, 7:7, 7:13, 7:22, 7:23, 7:32, 8:10, 10:6, 10:9, 10:10, 13:12, 14:2
• Tobit — 1:4
• 1 Maccabees — 1:31, 2:7, 3:37, 5:31, 5:47, 5:51, 5:59, 6:3, 6:49, 6:63, 9:67, 10:63, 10:75, 10:76, 10:86, 11:2, 11:45, 11:46, 11:49, 11:60, 12:36, 13:47, 14:37
• Psalms — 71:16, 100:8
• Proverbs — 1:21
• Job — 2:8, 39:7
• Sirach — 7:7, 9:7, 10:2, 23:21, 26:5, 36:26, 40:19
• Isaiah — 22:8, 30:13, 32:14, 36:19, 37:13, 37:35, 38:6, 48:2
• Jeremiah — 3:14, 17:24, 17:25, 20:5, 21:4, 22:8, 33:11, 40:4, 43:6, 44:4, 44:21, 48:7, 50:13, 52:7, 52:13, 52:25
• Lamentations — 2:11, 2:12
• Joel — 2:9
• Jonah — 4:5, 4:11
• Habakkuk — 2:8, 2:17
• Zechariah — 8:5, 14:2
• Matthew — 10:14, 23:34
• Mark — 11:19
• Luke — 2:4, 4:29, 7:12, 8:27, 9:5, 10:11, 14:21, 23:51
• John — 1:44, 4:30, 4:39, 19:20
• Acts of the Apostles — 7:58, 13:50, 14:4, 14:13, 14:19, 16:14, 16:39, 21:5, 21:39, 25:23
• Romans — 16:23
• Revelation — 3:12, 11:8, 11:13, 14:20, 21:14, 21:19, 21:21, 22:19

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 12:66, 17:113, 19:139, 20:149, 20:152, 22:179, 22:198, 26:240, 12:125, 32:230
• Book Two — 12:125, 32:230

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 8:170, 9:174, 10:186, 16:254
• Book 2 — 1:1, 10:250, 10:253, 11:257
• Book 3 — 11:261, 11:264
• Book 4 — 7:172, 8:222, 8:264, 8:305
• Book 5 — 1:13, 1:15, 1:24, 1:26, 1:31, 1:45, 1:58, 1:83, 1:86, 2:161, 2:165, 2:172, 3:178, 5:199, 8:235, 8:240, 8:243, 8:246, 8:263, 8:271, 8:273
• Book 6 — 1:10, 2:30, 4:53, 9:171, 11:227, 11:239, 13:274, 13:295, 13:309, 14:327, 14:374
• Book 7 — 4:71, 4:77, 7:160, 8:171, 9:223, 9:225, 10:233, 10:252, 12:312, 14:347, 14:355, 14:356, 14:357
• Book 8 — 1:19, 6:147, 6:150, 6:160, 6:163, 7:206, 10:242, 12:292, 12:293, 13:319, 13:346, 13:352, 13:355, 15:399, 15:401, 15:410
• Book 9 — 1:9, 1:12, 4:74, 10:206, 10:225, 10:226, 10:227
• Book 10 — 1:16, 3:44, 3:46, 4:48, 4:51, 4:55, 5:81, 5:83, 6:97, 8:133, 8:136, 11:224
• Book 11 — 1:9, 2:19, 2:25, 3:63, 5:178, 6:221, 6:254, 8:329
• Book 12 — 1:4, 3:144, 5:248, 6:267, 7:298, 8:346, 9:355, 10:402
• Book 13 — 1:8, 1:11, 1:18, 2:41, 2:57, 5:157, 5:182, 6:202, 7:90, 7:91, 7:101, 7:104, 7:222, 8:235, 8:247
• Book 14 — 1:16, 4:56, 4:66, 7:117, 9:176, 9:177, 10:202, 10:206, 10:261, 11:292, 13:328, 13:359, 15:400, 15:401, 15:402, 15:461, 15:465, 16:469, 16:471, 16:477
• Book 15 — 7:248, 7:264, 8:292, 11:397
• Book 16 — 2:18, 4:91, 5:144, 11:361
• Book 17 — 2:23, 10:289, 10:294, 12:324
• Book 18 — 1:4, 2:28, 3:84, 6:169, 6:235, 9:373
• Book 19 — 1:3, 1:5, 1:22, 1:53, 2:178, 2:190, 3:223, 4:253, 4:266, 5:278, 7:333, 8:340
• Book 20 — 4:95, 5:113, 6:130, 8:169, 8:173

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:25, 1:28, 2:9, 2:10, 6:8, 7:6, 7:13, 13:3, 16:9, 16:10, 23:3, 25:8
• Book Two — 1:12, 5:9, 11:7, 13:9, 14:14, 14:31, 15:23, 16:12, 17:2, 17:22, 17:24, 18:36, 19:16, 19:26, 19:28, 20:1, 20:8, 21:40, 21:52, 21:53, 22:3, 22:4
• Book Three — 7:15, 7:26, 7:44, 7:68, 7:73, 7:161, 7:162, 7:171, 7:191, 8:2, 9:16, 10:2, 10:9, 10:70
• Book Four — 1:13, 1:22, 1:30, 1:31, 1:44, 1:52, 2:10, 2:21, 3:8, 3:22, 3:26, 3:48, 3:52, 3:78, 4:18, 4:38, 4:61, 4:69, 5:14, 5:19, 6:1, 6:7, 7:15, 7:28, 9:96, 10:15, 10:36, 11:13, 11:30
• Book Five — 1:21, 1:24, 1:27, 2:21, 4:5, 4:6, 4:24, 5:62, 5:63, 7:12, 8:1, 9:4, 9:5, 9:22, 9:64, 10:26, 11:11, 11:30, 11:39, 13:3, 13:45
• Book Six — 1:7, 2:12, 2:21, 5:15, 5:30, 7:8, 7:9, 7:12, 7:13, 8:3, 9:14
• Book Seven — 1:2, 1:3, 3:5, 3:7, 3:8, 5:8, 5:13, 5:17, 5:19, 5:52, 6:38, 7:11

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 1:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 34:5, 56:21, 85:8, 107:2, 107:4, 108:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 2:9, 12:64, 25:124, 26:130, 32:157, 32:162, 33:166, 38:191, 39:198, 43:214, 54:281, 63:324, 63:328, 65:346, 65:348, 65:349, 67:378, 71:395, 71:396, 75:417

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 5:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 19:4, 19:15, 19:22, 20:2, 24:11, 24:43, 33:18, 34:20, 34:24, 41:45, 41:48, 41:50, 46:20
• Exodus — 9:33
• Leviticus — 14:40, 14:41, 14:45, 14:53, 25:33
• Numbers — 21:28, 24:19, 35:4, 35:5, 35:26, 35:27
• Deuteronomy — 19:12, 21:3, 21:4, 21:6, 21:19, 21:20, 21:21, 22:17, 22:18, 22:24, 25:8
• Joshua — 2:18, 6:5, 8:4, 8:6, 8:11, 8:12, 8:14, 8:16, 8:20, 8:21, 8:22, 17:9, 21:12, 21:42
• Judges — 1:16, 1:17, 1:23, 1:24, 1:25, 6:27, 6:28, 6:30, 8:16, 8:17, 9:30, 9:35, 9:43, 9:44, 9:51, 14:18, 16:2, 16:3, 17:8, 18:29, 19:15, 19:17, 19:22, 20:31, 20:32, 20:38, 20:40, 20:48
• Ruth — 4:2
• 1 Samuel — 1:3, 5:9, 5:12, 6:18, 9:11, 9:14, 9:18, 9:27, 16:4, 21:13
• 2 Samuel — 6:16, 11:17, 12:30, 15:2, 15:24, 20:21, 20:22, 24:5
• 1 Kings — 1:41, 2:35, 8:1, 8:44, 8:48, 9:9, 10:23, 11:18, 11:27, 17:10, 20:13, 21:19, 22:26
• 2 Kings — 2:19, 2:23, 7:3, 7:10, 7:12, 9:15, 10:5, 10:6, 10:8, 10:25, 17:9, 18:8, 19:34, 20:6, 23:8, 23:17, 25:19
• 1 Chronicles — 4:12, 6:56, 13:5, 15:29, 19:9, 20:2
• 2 Chronicles — 1:4, 5:2, 6:34, 6:38, 8:11, 18:25, 29:20, 30:10, 32:3, 32:4, 32:5, 32:30, 33:14, 33:15, 34:8
• Ezra (Beta) — 10:14
• Nehemiah — 2:8, 3:15, 8:16, 11:9
• Esther — 4:1, 6:9, 6:11, 9:14
• Judith — 3:10, 6:12, 6:14, 6:16, 7:7, 7:13, 7:22, 7:23, 7:32, 8:10, 10:6, 10:9, 10:10, 13:12, 14:2
• Tobit — 1:4
• 1 Maccabees — 1:31, 2:7, 3:37, 5:31, 5:47, 5:50, 5:51, 5:59, 6:3, 6:49, 6:63, 9:67, 10:63, 10:75, 10:76, 10:86, 11:45, 11:46, 11:49, 11:60, 12:36, 13:47, 14:37
• 2 Maccabees — 3:1, 3:9, 4:2, 4:22, 4:48, 5:5, 5:6, 5:8, 8:17, 10:27, 12:4, 13:13, 13:14, 15:14, 15:37
• 3 Maccabees — 2:31, 4:11, 4:12, 5:44, 5:46, 7:16
• Psalms — 71:16, 100:8
• Proverbs — 1:21
• Job — 2:8, 24:12, 39:7
• Sirach — 7:7, 9:7, 10:2, 23:21, 26:5, 36:31, 40:19
• Isaiah — 22:8, 30:13, 32:14, 36:19, 37:13, 37:35, 38:6, 48:2, 66:6
• Jeremiah — 3:14, 7:34, 17:24, 17:25, 20:5, 21:4, 22:8, 33:11, 40:4, 43:6, 44:4, 44:21, 48:7, 50:13, 52:7, 52:13, 52:25
• Lamentations — 2:11, 2:12, 3:51
• Ezekiel — 4:3, 9:1, 11:23, 21:20, 25:9, 30:17, 39:16, 40:2, 45:6, 45:7, 48:20, 48:21, 48:22, 48:30, 48:31, 48:35
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:16, 9:18
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:26, 9:16, 9:18, 11:13, 11:34, 13:28
• Micah — 4:10
• Joel — 2:9
• Jonah — 4:5, 4:11
• Habakkuk — 2:8, 2:17
• Zechariah — 8:5, 14:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 1 — 1:3, 1:4, 1:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:14, 21:17, 23:34
• Mark — 11:19
• Luke — 2:4, 4:29, 7:12, 8:27, 9:5, 10:11, 14:21, 23:51
• John — 1:45, 4:30, 4:39, 19:20
• Acts — 7:58, 13:50, 14:4, 14:13, 14:19, 16:14, 16:39, 21:5, 21:39, 25:23
• Romans — 16:23
• Revelation — 3:12, 11:8, 11:13, 14:20, 21:14, 21:19, 21:21, 22:19

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
• ΠΟΛΕΩΣΣΦΑΣ — unknown
• ΠΟΛΙ — city, a city
• 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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