4172 - polis

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πόλις
Transliteration: polis
Definition (short): city
Definition (full): a city

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: a city
NASB Translation: cities (20), city (142).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size) -- city.

see GREEK polus

see GREEK polemos

References

Strong's 4172: 162 Occurrences
KJV: And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
NASB: and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: "He shall be called a Nazarene."
KJV: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
NASB: Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
KJV: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
NASB: "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
KJV: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
NASB: or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.
KJV: And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
NASB: The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs.