What does πόλις · θεμέλιος mean in the Bible?
πόλις · θεμέλιος is a Greek phrase meaning "city with foundations".
Greek · G4172, G2310
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 phrase meaning "city with foundations".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4172, G2310?
G4172, G2310 is connected to 162 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. city with foundations
Source Gloss
city with foundations
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 162 Case pattern Accusative (73) Number pattern Singular (142)
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×
Word Origins
πόλιν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν is built from these roots:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain