πολίτηςpolítēs
a townsman
Greek (New Testament) · G4177
Meanings
1. a citizen: with genitive loc., Luke 15:15, Acts 21:39.
2. a fellow-citizen: with genitive of person, Luke 19:14, Hebrews 8:11(LXX).
Same root
- πόλιςpólis · G4172a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
- συμπολίτηςsympolítēs · G4847a native of the same town, i.e. (figuratively) co-religionist (fellow-Christian)
- πολιτείαpoliteía · G4174citizenship; concretely, a community
- πολιτεύομαιpoliteúomai · G4176to behave as a citizen (figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Luke 15:15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
- Luke 19:14 But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want him to be our king.’
- Acts 21:39 “No,” Paul replied, “I am a Jew and a citizen of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is an important city. Please, let me talk to these people.”
- Hebrews 8:11 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.