Politeúomai — G4176

Definition

verb

to behave as a citizen (figuratively)

1. to be a citizen
2. to administer civil affairs, manage the state (Thucydides, Xenophon)
3. to make or create a citizen
1. to behave as a citizen

Usually translated as

let conversation be, live

Origin

middle voice of a derivative of G4177

• polítēs (G4177)

Occurrences

Politeúomai occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Philippians (1)

• Acts 23:1 — And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived (πεπολίτευμαι) in all good conscience before God until this day.
• Philippians 1:27 — Only let your conversation be (πολιτεύεσθε) as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;