What does πολίτης · χώρα mean in the Bible?
πολίτης · χώρα is a Greek phrase meaning "one of the citizens of that country".
Greek · G4177, G5561
ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης
A townsman · country
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πολίτης G4177 a townsman
Pronunciation polítēs
Citizen with legal standing in a city-state; also denotes fellow-citizen sharing same political community.
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χώρα G5561 country
Pronunciation chṓra
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What does ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης (heni tōn politōn tēs chōras ekeinēs) mean in the Bible?
πολίτης · χώρα is a Greek phrase meaning "one of the citizens of that country".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4177, G5561?
G4177, G5561 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. one of the citizens of that country
Source Gloss
one of the citizens of that country
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 19:14 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 21:39 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Heb 8:11 1×
Word Origins
ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης 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