Politeía — G4174
G4174 · Greek — πολιτεία
Pronunciation: pol-ee-ti'-ah
Definition
feminine noun
citizenship; concretely, a community
- the administration of civil affairs
- a state, commonwealth
- citizenship, the rights of a citizen (some make this sense the primary one)
Usually translated as
commonwealth, freedom
Origin
from G4177 ("polity")
Occurrences
Politeía occurs 2 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Ephesians (1)
- Acts 22:28 — And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom (πολιτείαν). And Paul said, But I was free born.
- Ephesians 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth (πολιτείας) of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Strong's Lexicon — P