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πόλις
POH-lis
city
noun, f., 3rd declension
Appears 163× in the Greek New Testament — common.

In the New Testament

Politics, police, metropolis, cosmopolitan — all from πόλις. Gen.: πόλεως.

Memory Hook

POH-lis — POLItics is all about the CITY-state — πόλις.

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