πόλις

πόλις — pólis

πόλις, πολισεως, ἡ (πέλομαι, to dwell (or rather denoting originally 'fullness,' 'throng'; allied with Latinpleo, plebs, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 79 and § 374; Vanicek, p. 499; (otherwise Fick 1:138))) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for עִיר, besides for קִרְיָה, שַׁעַר (gate), etc., a city;

a. universally, Mat 2:23; Mar 1:45; Luk 4:29; Joh 11:54; Act 5:16, and very often in the historical books of the N. T.; κατά τήν πόλιν, through the city (A. V. in; see κατά, II. 1 a.), Act 24:12; κατά πόλιν, κατά πόλεις, see κατά, II. 3a. α., p. 328a; opposed to κῶμαι, Mat 9:35; Mat 10:11; Luk 8:1; Luk 13:22; to κῶμαι καί ἀγροί, Mar 6:56; ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, see ἴδιος, 1b., p. 297a; πόλις with the genitive of a person one's native city, Luk 2:4; Luk 2:11; Joh 1:44(45); or the city in which one lives, Mat 22:7; Luk 4:29; Luk 10:11; Act 16:20; Rev 16:19; Jerusalem is called, on account of the temple erected there, πόλις τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως, i. e. in which the great King of Israel, Jehovah, has his abode, Mat 5:35; Psa 47:2, cf. Tob 13:15; also ἅγια πόλις (see ἅγιος, 1 a., p. 7a) and ἡ ἠγαπημένη, the beloved of God, Rev 20:9. with the genitive of a gentile noun: Δαμασκηνῶν, 2Co 11:32; Ἐφεσίων, Act 19:35; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Luk 23:51; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mat 10:23; Σαμαρειτῶν, Mat 10:5; with the genitive of a region: τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Luk 1:26; Luk 4:31; Ιουδα, of the tribe of Judah, Luk 1:39; Λυκαονίας, Act 14:6; Κιλικίας, Act 21:39; τῆς Σαμαρείας, Joh 4:5; Act 8:5. As in classical Greek the proper name of the city is added — either in the nominative case, as πόλις Ἰόππη, Act 11:5; or in the genitive, as πόλις Σοδομων, Γομορρας, 2Pe 2:6; Θυατείρων, Act 16:14.

b. used of the heavenly Jerusalem (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, 2), i. e. α. the abode of the blessed, in heaven: Heb 11:10; Heb 11:16; with Θεοῦ ζῶντος added, Heb 12:22; ἡ μελλουσα πόλις, Heb 13:14. β. 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: Rev 3:12; Rev 21:14 ff; Rev 22:14; ἡ πόλις ἡ ἅγια, Rev 22:19; with Ἱερουσαλήμ καινή added, Rev 21:2.

c. πόλις by metonymy, for the inhabitants: Mat 8:34; Act 14:21; πᾶσα ἡ πόλις, Mat 21:10; Act 13:44; ἡ πόλις ὅλῃ, Mar 1:33; Act 21:30; πόλις μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς, Mat 12:25.