- Transliteration: Politeuomai

- Phonetic: pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee

- Definition:

1. to be a citizen

2. to administer civil affairs, manage the state

3. to make or create a citizen

a. to be a citizen

b. to behave as a citizen

1. to avail one's self of or recognise the laws

2. to conduct one's self as pledged to some law of life

- Origin: middle voice of a derivative of G4177" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4177

- TDNT entry: 14:36,9

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Middle voice of a derivative of G4177" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4177; to behave as a citizen (figuratively): - let conversation be live.