Lexical Summary politeuma: a form of government, citizenship Original Word: πολίτευμαTransliteration: politeuma Phonetic Spelling: (pol-it'-yoo-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a form of government, citizenship Meaning: a form of government, citizenship Strong's Concordance citizenship, community, conversation. From politeuomai; a community, i.e. (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively) -- conversation. see GREEK politeuomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4175: πολίτευμαπολίτευμα, πολιτευματος, τό (πολιτεύω), in Greek writings from Plato down; 1. the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth (R. V. text (Phil. as below) citizenship). 2. the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered. 3. a state, commonwealth (so R. V. marginal reading): ἡμῶν, the commonwealth whose citizens we are (see πόλις, b.), Philippians 3:20, cf. Meyer and Wiesinger at the passage; of Christians it is said ἐπί γῆς διατριβουσιν, ἀλλ' ἐν οὐρανῷ πολιτευονται, Epist. ad Diogn. c. 5 [ET]; (τῶν σοφῶν ψυχαί) πατρίδα μέν τόν οὐράνιον χῶρον, ἐν ᾧ πολιτευονται, ξένον τόν περιγειον ἐν ᾧ παρῴκησαν νομιζουσαι, Philo de confus. ling. § 17; (γυναῖκες ... τῷ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐγγεγραμμεναι πολιτευματι, de agricult. § 17 at the end. Cf. especially Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited). |
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