King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4177
Transliteration: politēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-ee'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a citizen
Meaning: a citizen
πολίτης, πολιτου, ὁ (πόλις), from Homer down, a citizen; i. e.
Word Summary
politēs: a citizen
Original Word: πολίτηςTransliteration: politēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-ee'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a citizen
Meaning: a citizen
Strong's Concordance
citizen. From polis; a townsman -- citizen.
see GREEK polis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4177: πολίτηςπολίτης, πολιτου, ὁ (πόλις), from Homer down, a citizen; i. e.
a. the inhabitant of any city or conntry: πόλεως, Acts 21:39; τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης, Luke 15:15.
b. the associate of another in citizenship, i. e. a fellow-citizen, fellow-countryman, (Plato, Apology, p. 37 c.; others): with the genitive of a person, Luke 19:14; Hebrews 8:11 (where Rec. has τόν πλησίον) from Jeremiah 38:34