Matthew 5:35:15Matt.5.35.W15PAT

πόλις

polis

city

Transliteration
PO-lis
Extended
POH-lihs
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
Korean
도시
Indonesian
kota
Bengali
নগর
Tagalog
lunsod
Swahili
mji
Amharic
ከተማ
Yoruba
ìlú
Igbo
obodo
Twi
kurow
Ewe
du

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Result
πό + λις
po + lis
polis

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    PO-lis

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HO-ti PO-lis ES-tin too me-GA-loo ba-si-LE-oos

  3. clause

    MÊÊ-te eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma HO-ti PO-lis ES-tin too me-GA-loo ba-si-LE-oos

  4. sentence

    MÊÊ-te en tê gê HO-ti hy-po-PO-di-ON ES-tin tôn po-DÔN au-TOO MÊÊ-te eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma HO-ti PO-lis ES-tin too me-GA-loo ba-si-LE-oos

In contextMatthew 5:35

nor in the earth because footstool is of the feet his nor into Jerusalem because city is of the great king

About this coordinate

Matthew 5:35:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Matthew 5:35, 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.5.35.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.5.35.W15.S1) and character.