πόλις

pólis · Greek · Strong's G4172 · 164 occurrences

The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “city”

What it means

a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)

probably from the same as G4171 (πόλεμος), or perhaps from G4183 (πολύς);

How the KJV renders it

city

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“city”

also renders qiryâʼ (H7149), qiryâh (H7151), qereth (H7176), shaʻar (H8179)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

164 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

2 Corinthians 11:26 N-DSF2 Corinthians 11:32 N-ASF2 Peter 2:6 N-APFActs 4:27 N-DSFActs 5:16 N-GPFActs 7:58 N-GSFActs 8:5 N-ASFActs 8:8 N-DSFActs 8:9 N-DSFActs 8:40 N-APFActs 9:6 N-ASFActs 10:9 N-DSFActs 11:5 N-DSFActs 12:10 N-ASFActs 13:44 N-NSFActs 13:50 N-GSFActs 14:4 N-GSFActs 14:6 N-APFActs 14:13 N-GSFActs 14:19 N-GSFActs 14:20 N-ASFActs 14:21 N-ASFActs 15:21 N-ASFActs 15:36 N-ASFActs 16:4 N-APFActs 16:11 N-ASFActs 16:12 N-DSFActs 16:14 N-GSFActs 16:20 N-ASFActs 16:39 N-GSFActs 17:5 N-ASFActs 17:16 N-ASFActs 18:10 N-DSFActs 19:29 N-NSFActs 19:35 N-ASFActs 20:23 N-ASFActs 21:5 N-GSFActs 21:29 N-DSFActs 21:30 N-NSFActs 21:39 N-GSFActs 22:3 N-DSFActs 24:12 N-ASFActs 25:23 N-GSFActs 26:11 N-APFActs 27:8 N-NSFHebrews 11:10 N-ASFHebrews 11:16 N-ASFHebrews 12:22 N-DSFHebrews 13:14 N-ASFJames 4:13 N-ASFJohn 1:45 N-GSFJohn 4:5 N-ASFJohn 4:8 N-ASFJohn 4:28 N-ASFJohn 4:30 N-GSFJohn 4:39 N-GSFJohn 11:54 N-ASFJohn 19:20 N-GSFJude 1:7 N-NPFLuke 1:26 N-ASF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.