- Transliteration: Polis

- Phonetic: pol'-is

- Definition:

1. a city

a. one's native city, the city in which one lives

b. the heavenly Jerusalem

1. the abode of the blessed in heaven

2. of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

c. the inhabitants of a city

- Origin: probably from the same as G4171" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4171, or perhaps from G4183" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4183

- TDNT entry: 14:36,9

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Probably from the same as G4171" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4171 or perhaps from G4183" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4183; a town (properly with walls of greater or less size): - city.