πόλις (polis) in Matthew 5:14: Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
πόλις (polis) in Matthew 5:14
Textual Witness
The witness reads πόλις in Matthew 5:14.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Gives the light saying a concrete image of visibility.
How To Communicate It
Use it to explain why the light image cannot be made private or hidden.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep the form tied to Matthew 5:14.
- Do not detach it from the city comparison in Matthew 5:14.
- Do not use morphology alone to build a complete doctrinal claim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, or concept in the clause.
Nominative: marks the noun sentence role as the context requires.
Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Feminine: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Cannot be hidden
The city comparison in Matthew 5:14
Names the visible city in the comparison that follows the light statement.
Do not turn the city into a detailed institutional allegory beyond Jesus comparison.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Medium: city image
Nominative comparison noun. names what cannot be hidden. Attached to cannot be hidden. Governed by the city comparison in Matthew 5:14. Read with a city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
What comparison explains visible witness? A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Direct: The noun directly supports city.
This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:14, not as a standalone word study.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads πόλις in Matthew 5:14.
The lemma names a city, and here it supplies the comparison of visibility.
The nominative noun stands as the subject before the infinitive phrase about being hidden.
Jesus illustrates visible witness by comparing it to a city placed on a hill.
The form supports the transition from light identity to visible public presence.
Use it to explain why the light image cannot be made private or hidden.
Do not infer a full ecclesiology or political theory from the noun form alone.