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πόλιν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν

A town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size) · foundation

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πόλις G4172 a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Pronunciation pólis
A fortified urban center distinct from villages and countryside, often metonymously representing its inhabitants.
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θεμέλιος G2310 foundation
Pronunciation themélios
Foundation as both literal structural base and metaphorical spiritual ground for faith, doctrine, or character.
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What does πόλιν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν (polin tous themelious echousan) mean in the Bible?

πόλις · θεμέλιος is a Greek word meaning "city with foundations".

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Meaning

city with foundations
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:14 · Matt 5:35 · Matt 8:34 · Matt 12:25 · Matt 21:10 · Mark 1:33 · Luke 4:29 · Acts 13:44 · Acts 16:12 · Acts 19:29 · Acts 21:30 · Acts 27:8 · Rev 16:19 · Rev 17:18 · Rev 18:10 · Rev 18:16 22×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Jude 1:7 · Rev 16:19 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 10:14 · Matt 21:17 · Matt 23:34 · Mark 11:19 · Luke 2:4 · Luke 4:29 · Luke 7:12 · Luke 8:27 · Luke 9:5 · Luke 10:11 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 23:51 · John 1:44 · John 4:30 · John 4:39 · John 19:20 36×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 14:13 · Mark 6:33 · Luke 5:12 · Luke 19:17 · Luke 19:19 · Acts 5:16 6×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 10:15 · Matt 10:23 · Luke 2:11 · Luke 7:37 · Luke 10:12 · Luke 18:2 · Luke 18:3 · Luke 23:19 · Luke 24:49 · Acts 4:27 · Acts 8:8 · Acts 8:9 · Acts 10:9 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 16:12 · Acts 18:10 21×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:1 · Luke 4:43 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:23 · Matt 4:5 · Matt 8:33 · Matt 9:1 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 10:11 · Matt 21:18 · Matt 22:7 · Matt 23:34 · Matt 26:18 · Matt 27:53 · Matt 28:11 · Mark 1:45 · Mark 5:14 · Mark 14:13 · Mark 14:16 63×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 9:35 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 11:20 · Mark 6:56 · Luke 13:22 · Acts 8:40 · Acts 14:6 · Acts 16:4 · Acts 26:11 · 2 Pet 2:6 10×
162 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 3 — God’s Field, God’s Building, God’s Temple Luke 2 — The Savior Born, Revealed, Presented, and Growing in Wisdom Luke 6 — The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called Romans 15 — Bearing with the Weak, Welcoming One Another, and Paul’s Priestly Mission to the Gentiles Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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