What does πολιτεύομαι (politeúomai) mean in the Bible?
πολιτεύομαι (politeúomai): Conduct reflecting heavenly citizenship, not earthly civic status or behavior standards
Greek · G4176
πολιτεύομαι
To behave as a citizen (figuratively)
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πολιτεύομαι G4176
Pronunciation politeúomai
What does πολιτεύομαι (politeúomai) mean in the Bible?
πολιτεύομαι (politeúomai): Conduct reflecting heavenly citizenship, not earthly civic status or behavior standards
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4176?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include conduct yourselves (1), have conducted myself (1).
Where does πολιτεύομαι (politeúomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 23:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It conduct yourselves 1× Philippians 1:27
have conducted myself 1× Acts 23:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 23:1
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
πεπολίτευμαι 1x pepoliteumai Acts 23:1
πολιτεύεσθε 1x politeuesthe Philippians 1:27
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular 1x Acts 23:1
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural 1x Philippians 1:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Conduct reflecting heavenly citizenship, not earthly civic status or behavior standards
Strong's G4176
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 1:27–30 Source Gloss
to behave as a citizen (figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Conduct reflecting heavenly citizenship, not earthly civic status or behavior standards
(πολίτης), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 2Ma.6:1 2Mac 11:25, 3Ma.3:4 3Mac 3:1-30; 4Ma.4:1-26 * ;] to be a citizen, live as a citizen: metaphorically, of conduct as based on heavenly citizenship, Act.23:1, Php.1:27.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 23:1 Verb First Person Singular Perfect Passive Indicative
πεπολίτευμαι pepoliteumai
I live the life of a citizen
Read verse Philippians 1:27 Verb Second Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Imperative
πολιτεύεσθε, politeuesqe
I live the life of a citizen
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Perfect, Present Voices Middle
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Perfect Middle Acts 23:1 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Middle Phil 1:27 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1 present 1
Voice
middle 2
Mood
indicative 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
conduct worthy of heavenly citizenship and the gospel of Christ
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πολιτεύομαι is built from this root:
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