Greek word

pólis

πόλις

What it means

a town

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

Where it comes from

probably from the same as pólemos (πόλεμος), or perhaps from polýs (πολύς)

How the King James translates it

city129
cities14

Every place it appears 143

Matthew2:23 4:5 5:14 5:35 8:33 8:34 9:35 10:5 10:11 10:14 10:23 11:20 12:25 21:10 21:17 21:18 23:34 26:18 27:53 28:11

Mark1:33 1:45 5:14 6:33 6:56 14:13 14:16

Luke1:26 1:39 2:4 2:11 2:39 4:29 4:31 4:43 5:12 7:11 7:12 7:37 8:1 8:4 8:27 8:34 8:39 9:5 9:10 10:1 10:8 10:10 10:11 13:22 14:21 18:2 18:3 19:41 22:10 23:19 23:51 24:49

John1:44 4:5 4:8 4:28 4:30 4:39 11:54 19:20

Acts5:16 7:58 8:5 8:9 8:40 9:6 10:9 11:5 12:10 13:44 13:50 14:4 14:6 14:13 14:19 14:20 14:21 15:21 15:36 16:4 16:12 16:13 16:14 17:5 17:16 19:29 19:35 20:23 21:5 21:29 21:30 21:39 22:3 25:23 27:8

Romans16:23

2 Corinthians11:26 11:32

Titus1:5

Hebrews11:10 12:22 13:14

James4:13

2 Peter2:6

Jude1:7

Revelation3:12 11:2 11:8 11:13 14:8 14:20 16:19 17:18 18:10 18:16 18:19 18:21 20:9 21:2 21:10 21:14 21:15 21:16 21:18 21:19 21:21 21:23 22:19

pólis — Greek word meaning “a town”