Original: πολιτεία

Transliteration: politeía

Phonetic: pol-ee-ti'-ah

Short Definition: Commonwealth

- Original: πολιτεία

- Transliteration: Politeia

- Phonetic: pol-ee-ti'-ah

- Definition:

1. the administration of civil affairs

2. a state or commonwealth

3. citizenship, the rights of a citizen

- Origin: "from G4177 ("polity")"

- TDNT entry: 14:36,9

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G4177 (polity); citizenship; concretely a community: - commonwealth freedom.

Cognate: G4172, G4173, G4175, G4176, G4177