31 occurrences

'City' in the Bible

And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

Verse ConceptsHillsHasty Action

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;

Verse ConceptsAccording To ThingsFulfilling The Law

and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,

Verse ConceptsRejection Of ChristPersecution Of ChristThrowing PeopleDriving Out ChristPeople Getting Upjumping

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

Verse ConceptsTown

And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

Verse ConceptsOintmentBoxesReclining To Eat

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

Verse ConceptsLonelinessSpiritsNaked In PovertyMeeting PeopleAction For A Long TimeThose DemonisedDemons

And those feeding them, having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told it to the city, and to the fields;

Verse ConceptsLooking And SeeingOthers Who FledTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

'Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of Godevangelists, identity ofTestify On God's BehalfFervourZealousness, Examples OfChrist's WorkTelling Of JesusFamily And FriendsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

Verse ConceptsGesturesFeetHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleOpportunities, And SalvationShakingNot Welcoming PeoplePeople ShakingWiping DustPeople Abandoning Peoplewelcome

And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofMissionaries, Call OfCompanionshipMissionary Work, Examples OfSeventyTwo DisciplesPeople Going BeforeSeventiesChrist SendingMissionariesDiscipleshipgroups

and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

Verse ConceptsWelcoming BelieversPeople EatingMissionariesEvangelismBeing ContentMoving To A New Placewelcome

'And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming PeopleUsing Roadswelcome

And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning PeopleGod's Blessings Are NearKnowing About God's Kingdom

and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement Day

'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanPoverty, Remedies ForStreetsHasteUsing RoadsTelling What People DidAngry People

saying, 'A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding --

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodRespectFearing GodPersistencefearless

and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

Verse ConceptsWidowsSaying RepeatedlyRevengeProtection From Enemiesvindication

And he said to them, 'Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersEntering HousesMan Providing WaterCarrying Other Loads

who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsImprisonmentsPrisonersJudged As Murderers

-- he was not consenting to their counsel and deed -- from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God,

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfWaiting

Bible Theasaurus

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