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greek #4176 - πολιτεύομαι politeuomai (to live as a citizen)


Original Word:πολιτεύομαι
Transliteration: politeuomai
Definition:to live as a citizen
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

let conversation be, live.

Middle voice of a derivative of polites; to behave as a citizen (figuratively) -- let conversation be, live.

see GREEK polites


Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 4176: πολιτεύω

πολιτεύω: middle (cf. Winer's Grammar, 260 (244)), present imperative 2 person plural πολιτεύεσθε; perfect πεπολίτευμαι; (πολίτης);

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: ἀξίωςτοῦεὐαγγελίου, Philippians 1:27 (R. V. text let your manner of life be worthy of etc.); ἀξίωςτοῦΧριστοῦ, Polycarp, ad Philip. 5, 2 [ET]; ἀξίωςτοῦΘεοῦ, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 21, 1 [ET]; ὁσίως, ibid. 6, 1 [ET]; κατάτόκαθῆκοντῷΧριστῷ, ibid. 3, 4 [ET]; μετάφοβοῦκαίἀγάπης, ibid. 51, 2 [ET]; ἐννόμως, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho,

c. 67; ἠρξάμηνπολιτεύεσθαιτῇΦαρισαίωνἁιρεσεικατακολουθῶν, Josephus, Vita2; other phrases are cited by Grimm on 2 Macc. 6:1; τῷΘεῷ, to live in accordance with the laws of God, Acts 23:1 (A. V. I have lived etc.).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 4176. πολιτεύομαι (politeuomai) — 2 Occurrences

Acts 23:1 - V-RIM/P-1S
GRK:συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ πεπολίτευμαι τῷ θεῷ
NAS: Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly
KJV: I have lived in all
INT: conscience good have conducted myself to God

Philippians 1:27 - V-PMM/P-2P
GRK:τοῦ χριστοῦ πολιτεύεσθε ἵνα εἴτε
NAS: Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy
KJV: Only let your conversation be as it becometh
INT: of Christ conduct yourselves that whether

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