39 occurrences in 12 translations

'City' in the Bible

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyCityBuildingPregnancyCitiesCivilizationBuildersMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenPeople Naming ThingsSame Sex MarriageBuilding Relationships

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Verse ConceptsAssyria, Facts Of

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Verse ConceptsGod Going DownGod Seeing The Wicked

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Verse ConceptsFiftiesDestruction Of CitiesNot SparingNumbers Of Righteous People

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesNumbers Of Righteous PeopleA Good Man

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleFortiesNumbers Of Righteous PeopleShortage Other Than Food

The two angels entered Sodom at sunset while Lot was sitting in the gate area of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up, greeted them, bowed low with his face to the ground,

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessBowingUnidentified AngelsNewsAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversSalutationsSitting In The GatewayBowing Heads Before GodTwo AngelsAngels Going At God's BiddingSpoken Greetings

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

Verse ConceptsSons In LawRelatives Also InvolvedBringing People Out Of Other Places

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningJestingPowerlessnessSkepticismSons In Lawjoking

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesAcceptance

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Verse ConceptsHasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Verse ConceptsempiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Verse ConceptsDeparturesTen AnimalsGiving Good Things

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Verse ConceptsWaterCamelsDrawing WaterPutting Animals Down

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Verse ConceptsDrawing Water

As they were leaving, they all blessed Rebekah by saying, "Our sister, may you become the mother of tens of millions! May your descendants take over the city gates of those who hate them."

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsBlessedA Million And MoreCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingPeople Who Blessed OthersChildren Being A Blessing

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

Verse ConceptsSwearing OathsGiven Names To This DayPeople Naming Things

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodPeople Naming Things

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfAltars, Built ByCamp, Of Israel

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsBusiness At The GatewayConsent

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekExterminationDeath Of All MalesPhysical PainTwo SonsPleasurablenessMassacres

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Verse ConceptsRapePeople Being PollutedNamed Sisters

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

Verse ConceptsOwning LivestockSpoils Of WarLoss Of DonkeysPossessing Sheep

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Verse ConceptsSojourning

And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

Verse ConceptsdefeatForeign KingsRulers Of Edom

And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Verse ConceptsForeign KingsNamed WivesRulers Of Edom

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

Verse ConceptsThriftGathering Food

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothingThose Who Tore Clothes

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Hamlet (2 instances)
Metropolis (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
πόλις 
Polis 
Usage: 132

πολιτάρχης 
Politarches 
ruler of the city
Usage: 2

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