STRONGS NUMBER G4177

Original Word: πολίτης
Transliteration: politēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-ee'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a citizen
Meaning: a citizencitizen.

From polis; a townsman -- citizen.

see GREEK polis

STRONGS NT 4177: πολίτης

πολίτης, πολιτου, ὁ (πόλις), from Homer down, a citizen; i. e.

a. the inhabitant of any city or conntry: πόλεως, Acts 21:39; τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης, Luke 15:15.

b. the associate of another in citizenship, i. e. a fellow-citizen, fellow-countryman, (Plato, Apology, p. 37 c.; others): with the genitive of a person, Luke 19:14; Hebrews 8:11 (where Rec. has τόν πλησίον) from Jeremiah 38:34 (), where it is used for רֵעַ , as in Proverbs 11:9, 12; Proverbs 24:43 ().