Lexical Summary politēs: a citizen Original Word: πολίτηςTransliteration: politēs Phonetic Spelling: (pol-ee'-tace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a citizen Meaning: a citizen Strong's Concordance citizen. From polis; a townsman -- citizen. see GREEK polis Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4177: πολίτηςπολίτης, 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 |