Greek · Strong's G4177
πολίτης
politespol-ee'-tace
a townsman
1890 spelling: polítēs
- π80
- ο70
- λ30
- ι10
- τ300
- η8
- ς200
Isopsephy 698
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
a townsman
Rendered in the KJV as
citizen.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- πολῖται1
- πολίτην1
- πολίτης,1
- πολιτῶν1
How it is rendered · 4
- a citizen,1
- citizens1
- comrade1
- the citizens1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASM · 1
- N-GPM · 1
- N-NPM · 1
- N-NSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 15:15πολιτῶνpolitōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSo he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.here: citizens
- Luke 19:14πολῖταιpolitainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralBut his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’here: the citizens