Matthew 5:14:9Matt.5.14.W9PAT
πόλις
polis
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lis
- Extended
- PO-lis
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
- French
- ville
- Spanish
- ciudad
- Portuguese
- cidade
- German
- Stadt
- Russian
- город
- Arabic-Simplified
- مدينة
- Hindi
- नगर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 城
- Korean
- 도시
- Indonesian
- kota
- Bengali
- নগর
- Tagalog
- lungsod
- Swahili
- mji
- Amharic
- ከተማ
- Yoruba
- ìlú
- Igbo
- obodo
- Twi
- kurom
- Ewe
- du
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Result
πό + λις
↓
po + lis
↓
polis
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
PO-lis
- sentence
OO DY-na-tai PO-lis kry-BÊ-nai e-PA-nô O-rous kei-ME-nê
In context — Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world not is able city to be hidden on a mountain situated
About this coordinate
Matthew 5:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 5:14, so the Greek word πόλις (polis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.5.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.5.14.W9.S1) and character.