πόλις

povli" povli",
polisew",
hJ (
pevlomai, to dwell (or rather denoting originally `fullness,' `throng'; allied with Latin pleo, plebs, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 79 and sec. 374; Vanicek, p. 499; (otherwise Fick ))) (from Homer down), the Septuagint chiefly for ry[i, besides for hy:r]qi, r['v' (gate), etc., a city; a. universally, ; ; ; ; , and very often in the historical books of the N. T.;
katav
thvn
povlin, through the city (A. V. in; see
katav, II. 1 a.), ;
katav
povlin,
katav
povlei", see
katav, II. 3a.
a., p. 328a; opposed to
kw'mai, ; ; ; ; to
kw'mai
kaiv
ajgroiv, ;
hJ
ijdiva/
povli", see
i[dio", 1b., p. 297a;
povli" with the genitive of a person one's native city, ,; (45); or the city in which one lives, ; ; ; ; ; Jerusalem is called, on account of the temple erected there,
povli"
tou'
megavlou
basilevw", i. e. in which the great King of Israel, Jehovah, has his abode, ; (48:2), cf. ; also
a{gia
povli" (see
a{gio", 1 a., p. 7a) and
hJ
hjgaphmevnh, the beloved of God, . with the genitive of a gentile noun:
Damaskhnw'n, ;
!Efesivwn, ;
tw'n
!Ioudaivwn, ;
tou'
!Israhvl, ;
Samareitw'n, ; with the genitive of a region:
th'"
Galilaiva", ; ;
Iouda, of the tribe of Judah, ;
Lukaoniva", ;
Kilikiva", ;
th'"
Samareiva", ; . As in classical Greek the proper name of the city is added -- either in the nominative case, as
povli"
!Iovpph, ; or in the genitive, as
povli"
Sodomwn,
Gomorra", ;
Quateivrwn, . b. used of the heavenly Jerusalem (see
@Ierosovluma, 2), i. e.
a. the abode of the blessed, in heaven: , ; with
Qeou'
zw'nto" added, ;
hJ
mellousa
povli", .
b. in the visions of the Apocalypse it is used of the visible capital of the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world: ; ff; ;
hJ
povli"
hJ
a{gia, ; with
@Ierousalhvm
kainhv added, . c.
povli" by metonymy, for the inhabitants: ; ;
pa'sa
hJ
povli", ; ;
hJ
povli"
o{lh/, ; ;
povli"
merisqei'sa
kaq!
eJauth'",