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Citizen

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4177
Hebrew
רֵעַ · rêaʻ
Greek
πολίτης · politēs

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πολίτης

G4177
Transliteration
politēs
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

citizen

Lexicon definition

πολίτης, -ου, ὁ (πόλις), [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ ;] __1. a citizen: with genitive loc., Luk.15:15, Act.21:39. __2. a fellow-citizen: with genitive of person(s), Luk.19:14, Heb.8:11" (LXX) .† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רֵעַ

H7452
Transliteration
rêaʻ
Pronunciation
ray'-ah
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

[idiom] aloud, noise, shouted.

Lexicon definition

a crash (of thunder), noise (of war), shout (of joy)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רֵעַ

H7453
Transliteration
rêaʻ
Pronunciation
ray'-ah
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
186

Glosses

brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.

Lexicon definition

an associate (more or less close)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רֵעַ

H7454
Transliteration
rêaʻ
Pronunciation
ray'-ah
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

thought.

Lexicon definition

a thought (as association of ideas)

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Citizen

Indexed occurrences: 9

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Strong's Concordance

Citizens

Indexed occurrences: 6

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

CITIZEN

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Nave’s Topical Bible references for CITIZEN.

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CITIZEN

Nave’s Topical Bible references for CITIZEN.

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CITIZENS

Nave’s Topical Bible references for CITIZENS.

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Caesar

The title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (John 19:15; Acts 17:7). The Jews paid tribute to Caesar (Matt. 22:17), and all Roman citizens had the right of appeal to him (Acts 25:11). The Caesars referred to in the New Testament are Augustus (Luke 2:1), Tiberius (3:1; 20:22), Claudius (Acts 11:28), and Nero (Acts 25:8; Phil. 4:22).

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Citizenship

The rights and privileges of a citizen in distinction from a foreigner (Luke 15:15; 19:14; Acts 21:39). Under the Mosaic law non-Israelites, with the exception of the Moabites and the Ammonites and others mentioned in Deut. 23:1-3, were admitted to the general privileges of citizenship among the Jews (Ex. 12:19; Lev. 24:22; Num. 15:15; 35:15; Deut. 10:18; 14:29; 16:10, 14). The right of citizenship under the Roman government was granted by the emperor to individuals, and sometimes to provinces, as a favour or as a recompense for services rendered to the state, or for a sum of money (Acts 22:28). This "freedom" secured privileges equal to those enjoyed by natives of Rome. Among the most notable of these was the provision that a man could not be bound or imprisoned without a formal trial (Acts 22:25, 26), or scourged (16:37). All Roman citizens had the right of appeal to Caesar (25:11).

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Colony

The city of Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), i.e., a military settlement of Roman soldiers and citizens, planted there to keep in subjection a newly-conquered district. A colony was Rome in miniature, under Roman municipal law, but governed by military officers (praetors and lictors), not by proconsuls. It had an independent internal government, the jus Italicum; i.e., the privileges of Italian citizens.

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Conversation

Generally the goings out and in of social intercourse (Eph. 2:3; 4:22; R.V., "manner of life"); one's deportment or course of life. This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of verbal communication from one to another (Ps. 50:23; Heb. 13:5). In Phil. 1:27 and 3:20, a different Greek word is used. It there means one's relations to a community as a citizen, i.e., citizenship.

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Ephrathite

A citizen of Ephratah, the old name of Bethlehem (Ruth 1:2; 1 Sam. 17:12), or Bethlehem-Judah.

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Scourging

(1 Kings 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22-37). (See [555]BASTINADO.) In the scourging of our Lord (Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15) the words of prophecy (Isa. 53:5) were fulfilled.

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Stripes

As a punishment were not to exceed forty (Deut. 25:1-3), and hence arose the custom of limiting them to thirty-nine (2 Cor. 11:24). Paul claimed the privilege of a Roman citizen in regard to the infliction of stripes (Acts 16:37, 38; 22:25-29). Our Lord was beaten with stripes (Matt. 27:26).

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