πολιτεύομαι
politeúomai · G4176 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to live, to conduct one’s life, to live in relation to others
To conduct oneself with proper reference to one’s obligations in relationship to others, as part of some community
ExamplesPhilippians 1:27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄχριuntil+ ἡμέραday 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀξίωςworthy 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- ἀναστρέφω anastréphō · G390 · to move back, to return, to live
- ἀναστρέφω in its middle/passive voice means 'to conduct oneself' or 'to live/behave' and is nearly synonymous with πολιτεύομαι in the sense of describing one's manner of life. The key distinction is that πολιτεύομαι emphasizes citizenship behavior (civic or figuratively spiritual community membership), while ἀναστρέφω is more general conduct without the citizenship nuance.
- περιπατέω peripatéō · G4043 · to walk, to go, to live
- περιπατέω in its metaphorical sense means 'to walk' = 'to conduct one's life' or 'to behave,' and can substitute for πολιτεύομαι in contexts describing manner of life. However, περιπατέω is more common and general, while πολιτεύομαι carries a stronger connotation of citizenship obligations and community identity.
- ζάω záō · G2198 · to be alive, to live, to come back to life
- ζάω means 'to live' in both the physical and ethical/spiritual senses. In contexts where πολιτεύομαι describes 'how one lives' or 'conducts one's life,' ζάω can serve as a broader synonym, though it lacks the specific citizenship/civic connotations of πολιτεύομαι.
In the other Testament 1 word
- הָלַךְ hâlak · H1980 · to move, to go, to walk
- הָלַךְ in its metaphorical sense of 'to walk' or 'to conduct one's life' is a standard Hebrew equivalent for the Greek πολιτεύομαι when the latter means 'to conduct oneself' or 'to live/behave.' Both can describe ethical conduct and lifestyle, though הָלַךְ is broader and more common while πολιτεύομαι carries more specific civic/citizenship connotations.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To live, to conduct one’s life, to live in relation to others41.34
- The verb describes conducting oneself as a citizen, and by extension, living one's life in a particular manner in relation to others. Paul's exhortation to the Philippians uses this term: “Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27).
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : middle (cf. Winer's Grammar, 260 (244)), present imperative 2 person plural…
1. to be a citizen (Thucydides, Xenophon, Lysias, Polybius, others).
2. to administer civil affairs, manage the state (Thucydides, Xenophon).
3. to make or create a citizen (Diodorus 11, 72); middle a. to be a citizen; so in the passages from Philo and the Ep. ad Diogn. cited in πολίτευμα, 3.
b. to behave as a citizen; to avail oneself of or recognize the laws; so from Thucydides down; in Hellenistic writings to conduct oneself as pledged to some law of life: ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, Phm 1:27 (R. V. text let your manner of life be worthy of etc.); ἀξίως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Polycarp, ad Philip. 5, 2 [ET]; ἀξίως τοῦ Θεοῦ, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 21, 1 [ET]; ὁσίως, ibid. 6, 1 [ET]; κατά τό καθῆκον τῷ Χριστῷ, ibid. 3, 4 [ET]; μετά φοβοῦ καί ἀγάπης, ibid. 51, 2 [ET]; ἐννόμως, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho,
c. 67; ἠρξάμην πολιτεύεσθαι τῇ Φαρισαίων ἁιρεσει κατακολουθῶν, Josephus, Vita2; other phrases are cited by Grimm on 2 Macc. 6:1; τῷ Θεῷ, to live in accordance with the laws of God, Acts 23:1 (A. V. I have lived etc.).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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