Lexicon métropolis: a metropolis. Original Word: μητρόπολιςTransliteration: métropolis Phonetic Spelling: (may-trop'-ol-is) Short Definition: metropolis NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom métér and polisDefinitiona metropolis. Thayer's STRONGS NT 3390: μητρόπολιςμητρόπολις, μητροπολεως, ἡ ( μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).
Strong's chief city, mother city From meter and polis; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis" -- chiefest city. see GREEK meter see GREEK polis |
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