Lexical Summary mētropolis: a metropolis Original Word: μητρόπολιςTransliteration: mētropolis Phonetic Spelling: (may-trop'-ol-is) Short Definition: a metropolis Meaning: a metropolis Strong's Concordance chief city, mother cityFrom meter and polis; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis" -- chiefest city. see GREEK meter see GREEK polis Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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). |
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