πόλις
polis · city
Strong's ID: 4172
Lexical summary
163
NT occurrences
9
Observed forms
About this Greek word
A city, an enclosed and walled town, Mt. 10:5, 11; 11:1; meton. the inhabitants of a city, Mt. 8:34; 10:15; with a gen. of person, or a personal pronoun, the city of any one, the city of one’s birth or residence, Mt. 9:1; Lk. 2:4, 11; ἡ πόλις, the city, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, Jerusalem, Mt. 21:18; 28:11; met. a place of permanent residence, abode, home, Heb. 11:10, 16; 13:14. The frequency count does not include its occurrence in the name Νέαν πόλιν in Acts 16:11
Observed NT forms
These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.
Noun declension
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NT distribution
NT Book
Book distribution counts: Acts: 43 occurrences; Luke: 39 occurrences; Matthew: 27 occurrences; Revelation: 27 occurrences; John: 8 occurrences; Mark: 8 occurrences; Hebrews: 4 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 2 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; Titus: 1 occurrences; Romans: 1 occurrences; 2 Peter: 1 occurrences
Author
- Luke82
- John35
- Matthew27
- Mark8
- Paul4
- Hebrews4
- Jude1
- James1
- Peter1
Author distribution counts: Luke: 82 occurrences; John: 35 occurrences; Matthew: 27 occurrences; Mark: 8 occurrences; Paul: 4 occurrences; Hebrews: 4 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences