Matthew 8:34:5Matt.8.34.W5PAT

πόλις

polis

city

Transliteration
PO-lis
Extended
POH-lees
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
城市
Korean
도시
Indonesian
kota
Bengali
শহর
Tagalog
lungsod
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

    KAI i-DOO PA-sa HÊ PO-lis ek-ÊL-then EIS hy-PAN-tê-sin TÔI ee-ay-SOOS

  3. sentence

    KAI i-DOO PA-sa HÊ PO-lis ek-ÊL-then EIS hy-PAN-tê-sin TÔI ee-ay-SOOS KAI i-DON-tes au-TON pa-re-KA-le-san HO-pôs me-ta-BÊ a-PO TÔN ho-RI-ôn au-TÔN

In contextMatthew 8:34

and behold all the city came out to meet {the} Jesus and having seen him they begged that he might depart from the regions of them

About this coordinate

Matthew 8:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 8:34, 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.8.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.8.34.W5.S1) and character.