Strong's G3390

μητρόπολις(mētrópolis)

Language:
Greek (New Testament)

Definition

a mother city, i.e. "metropolis"

Derivation

from G3384 (μήτηρ) and G4172 (πόλις);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, μητρόπολις is translated as: chiefest city.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.