{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4177",
  "lemma": "πολίτης",
  "transliteration": "polítēs",
  "definition": "a townsman",
  "kjv": "citizen",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G4172",
      "lemma": "πόλις",
      "transliteration": "pólis",
      "meaning": "a town",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G4172"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Luke 15:15",
      "text": "He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 19:14",
      "text": "But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/19?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 21:39",
      "text": "But Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/21?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hebrews 8:11",
      "text": "They will not teach every man his fellow citizen and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/8?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 4:5",
      "text": "appealed to the king, not to be an accuser of his fellow citizens, but looking to the good of all the people, both…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 4:50",
      "text": "But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=50"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 5:6",
      "text": "But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 5:8",
      "text": "At last therefore he met with a miserable end. Having been imprisoned at the court of Aretas the prince of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 5:23",
      "text": "and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest, exalted himself against his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/5?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 9:19",
      "text": "“To the worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus, king and general, wishes much joy and health and prosperity.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/9?v=19"
    }
  ],
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