STRONGS G4175:
πολίτευμα,
πολιτευματος,
τό (
πολιτεύω), in Greek writings from
Plato down;
1. the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth (
R. V. text (Phil. as below)
citizenship).
2. the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered.
3. a state, commonwealth (so
R. V. marginal reading):
ἡμῶν, the commonwealth whose citizens we are (see
πόλις, b.),
Philippians 3:20, cf. Meyer and Wiesinger at the passage; of Christians it is said
ἐπί γῆς διατριβουσιν,
ἀλλ' ἐν οὐρανῷ πολιτευονται, Epist. ad
Diogn. c. 5 [ET]; (
τῶν σοφῶν ψυχαί)
πατρίδα μέν τόν οὐράνιον χῶρον,
ἐν ᾧ πολιτευονται,
ξένον τόν περιγειον ἐν ᾧ παρῴκησαν νομιζουσαι,
Philo de confus. ling. § 17; (
γυναῖκες...
τῷ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐγγεγραμμεναι πολιτευματι, de agricult. § 17 at the end. Cf. especially
Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited).
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