Strong's Lexicon
G4176 — πολιτεύομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4176 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πολιτεύομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a derivative of G4177 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | politeuomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pol-it-yoo'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to behave as a citizen (figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | let conversation be, live |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, Php 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 2Ma 6:1; τῷ Θεῷ, to live in accordance with the laws of God, Act 23:1 (A. V. I have lived etc.).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πολιτεύομαι (let conversation be)
Acts 23:1
- KJV: And Paul earnestly beholding the council said Men brethren I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day
- GK: ατενίσας δε ο Παύλος τω συνεδρίω είπεν άνδρες αδελφοί εγώ πάση συνειδήσει αγαθή πεπολίτευμαι τω θεώ άχρι ταύτης της ημέρας
Philippians 1:27
- KJV: Only let your conversation be 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
- GK: μόνον αξίως του ευαγγελίου του χριστού πολιτεύεσθε ίνα είτε ελθών και ιδών υμάς είτε απών ακούσω τα περί υμών ότι στήκετε εν ενί πνεύματι μιά ψυχή συναθλούντες τη πίστει του ευαγγελίου