πολιτείαpoliteía
citizenship; concretely, a community
Greek (New Testament) · G4174
Meanings
1. citizenship: Acts 22:28 (3 Maccabees 3:21, 3 Maccabees 3:23, Hdt., Xen., a1.).
2. government, administration (Aristoph., Dem., and elsewhere).
3. a commonwealth: Ephesians 2:12.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Acts 22:28 “I am, too,” the commander muttered, “and it cost me plenty!” Paul answered, “But I am a citizen by birth!”
- Ephesians 2:12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.