πόλις

πολισεως, ἡ (πέλομαι, to dwell (or rather denoting originally 'fullness,' 'throng'; allied with Latinpleo, plebs, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 79 and § 374; Vanicek, p. 499; (otherwise Fick 1:138))) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for עִיר, besides for קִרְיָה, שַׁעַר (gate), etc., a city;
a. universally, Mt 2:23; Mk 1:45; Lk 4:29; Jn 11:54; Acts 5:16, and very often in the historical books of the N. T.; κατά τήν πόλιν, through the city (A. V. in; see κατά, II. 1 a.), Acts 24:12; κατά πόλιν, κατά πόλεις, see κατά, II. 3a. α., p. 328a; opposed to κῶμαι, Mt 9:35; Mt 10:11; Lk 8:1; Lk 13:22; to κῶμαι καί ἀγροί, Mk 6:56; ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, see ἴδιος, 1b., p. 297a; πόλις with the genitive of a person one's native city, Lk 2:4, Lk 2:11; Jn 1:44(45); or the city in which one lives, Mt 22:7; Lk 4:29; Lk 10:11; Acts 16:20; Rev 16:19; Jerusalem is called, on account of the temple erected there, πόλις τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως, i. e. in which the great King of Israel, Jehovah, has his abode, Mt 5:35; Ps 47:2, cf. Tobit 13:15; also ἅγια πόλις (see ἅγιος, 1 a., p. 7a) and ἡ ἠγαπημένη, the beloved of God, Rev 20:9. with the genitive of a gentile noun: Δαμασκηνῶν, 2 Cor 11:32; Ἐφεσίων, Acts 19:35; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Lk 23:51; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mt 10:23; Σαμαρειτῶν, Mt 10:5; with the genitive of a region: τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Lk 1:26; Lk 4:31; Ιουδα, of the tribe of Judah, Lk 1:39; Λυκαονίας, Acts 14:6; Κιλικίας, Acts 21:39; τῆς Σαμαρείας, Jn 4:5; Acts 8:5. As in classical Greek the proper name of the city is added — either in the nominative case, as πόλις Ἰόππη, Acts 11:5; or in the genitive, as πόλις Σοδομων, Γομορρας, 2 Pet 2:6; Θυατείρων, Acts 16:14.
b. used of the heavenly Jerusalem (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, 2), i. e. α. the abode of the blessed, in heaven: Heb 11:10, Heb 11:16; with Θεοῦ ζῶντος added, Heb 12:22; ἡ μελλουσα πόλις, Heb 13:14. β. in the visions of the Apocalypse it is used of the visible capital of the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world: Rev 3:12; Rev 21:14ff; 22:14; ἡ πόλις ἡ ἅγια, Rev 22:19; with Ἱερουσαλήμ καινή added, Rev 21:2.
c. πόλις by metonymy, for the inhabitants: Mt 8:34; Acts 14:21; πᾶσα ἡ πόλις, Mt 21:10; Acts 13:44; ἡ πόλις ὅλῃ, Mk 1:33; Acts 21:30; πόλις μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς, Mt 12:25.