The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πολίτης

Lemmaπολίτης
Citation formπολίτης, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa citizen
Strong’sG4177
Transliterationpolítēs
Definitiona townsman
KJV glosses:--citizen.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences4

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πολῖται
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Luke 19:14
πολίτην
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Hebrews 8:11
πολίτης
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Acts 21:39
πολιτῶν
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 15:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πολιτης.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for πολίτης with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.