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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

2. (n.) An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.

3. (n.) A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

4. (n.) One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

5. (a.) Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

6. (a.) of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.

Greek

4177. polites -- a citizen
... a citizen. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: polites Phonetic Spelling:
(pol-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a citizen Definition: a citizen, fellow ...
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4847. sumpolites -- a fellow citizen
... a fellow citizen. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: sumpolites Phonetic
Spelling: (soom-pol-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a fellow citizen ...
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4176. politeuomai -- to live as a citizen
... to live as a citizen. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: politeuomai Phonetic
Spelling: (pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I live the life of a citizen ...
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4174. politeia -- citizenship
... citizenship. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: politeia Phonetic Spelling:
(pol-ee-ti'-ah) Short Definition: citizen body, citizenship Definition ...
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4514. Rhomaios -- Roman
... Roman. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Rhomaios Phonetic Spelling:
(hro-mah'-yos) Short Definition: Roman, a Roman citizen Definition: Roman; subst ...
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1786. entopios -- of a place, a resident
... Spelling: (en-top'-ee-os) Short Definition: belonging to the place, native, resident
Definition: belonging to the place, native, resident; subst: a citizen. ...
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4609. Silas -- Silas, a fellow missionary of Paul
... Transliteration: Silas Phonetic Spelling: (see'-las) Short Definition: Silas Definition:
Silas, a pet-form of the name Silvanus; a Roman citizen and a helper ...
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1658. eleutheros -- free, ie not a slave or not under restraint
... Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained (to go at pleasure), ie (as
a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case ...
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4610. Silouanos -- "sylvan," Silvanus, alt. form of the name Silas
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Silouanos Phonetic Spelling:
(sil-oo-an-os') Short Definition: Silvanus Definition: Silvanus, a Roman citizen ...
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1050. Gaios -- Gaius, the name of several Christian
... Transliteration: Gaios Phonetic Spelling: (gah'-ee-os) Short Definition: Gaius
Definition: Gaius, (a) a Corinthian, (b) a Macedonian, (c) a citizen of Derbe, ( ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5900. Iru -- "citizen," a man of Judah
... Iru. 5901 . "citizen," a man of Judah. Transliteration: Iru Phonetic Spelling:
(ee-roo') Short Definition: Iru. ... From iyr; a citizen; Iru, an Israelite -- Iru. ...
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7934. shaken -- inhabitant, neighbor
... inhabitant, neighbor, nigh. From shakan; a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen --
inhabitant, neighbour, nigh. see HEBREW shakan. 7933, 7934. ...
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6133. eqer -- an offshoot, member
... stock. From aqar. Figuratively, a transplanted person, ie Naturalized citizen --
stock. see HEBREW aqar. 6132, 6133. eqer. 6134 . Strong's Numbers.
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8453. toshab -- a sojourner
... toshab (1 Kings 17:1) {to-shawb'}; from yashab; a dweller (but not outlandish (nokriy));
especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle ...
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721. Arvadi -- inhab. of Arvad
... of Arvad NASB Word Usage Arvadite (1), Arvadites (1). Arvadite. Patrial from 'Arvad;
an Arvadite or citizen of Arvad -- Arvadite. see HEBREW 'Arvad. 720, 721 ...
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Library

Ep. cxliv. Verianus, a Citizen of Nazianzus, had Been Offended by ...
... Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. CXLIV. Verianus, a citizen of
Nazianzus, had been offended by his son-in-law� (Verianus ...
/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep cxliv verianus a citizen.htm

How a Citizen Became a Soldier.
... How a Citizen Became a Soldier. ... The citizen becomes a soldier in a minute, and
from being a free man becomes subject to the command of others. ...
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The Love of the People, the Conscience of the Citizen...
... VI. The love of the People, the conscience of the citizen� The love of
the People, the conscience of the citizen, the sentiment ...
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Psalm 15 Characters of a Saint; Or, a Citizen of Zion; Or, the ...
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 15 Characters of a saint; or, A citizen of Zion;
or, The qualifications of a Christian. CM Characters ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 15 characters of a.htm

Of True virtue; and of the Estimation of a Good or Bad Citizen.
... the divine institutes Book V. Of Justice. Chap. XII."Of True Virtue; And
of the Estimation of a Good or Bad Citizen. What would ...
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Psalm 15:1. CM Characters of a Saint; Or, a Citizen of Zion; Or ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 15:1. CM Characters of a saint; or,
a citizen of Zion; or, The qualifications of a Christian. ...
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Our Status.
... So long as the law has not proven him guilty, has not convicted and sentenced
him, his legal status is that of a free and law-abiding citizen. ...
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Paul's Narrow Escape from Death
... Egyptian who some time ago started a rebellion and led four thousand outlaws into
the desert?" Paul answered, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a ...
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Psalm LXXXVII.
... Thus filled with the Holy Spirit, and with many thoughts of love and longing for
that city, as if after long internal meditation, that citizen bursts out, "Her ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxvii.htm

The Freedom of the City.
... Once S. Paul declared with pride that he was a Roman citizen; and when the Chief
Captain in surprise declared that he himself had purchased that privilege at a ...
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Thesaurus

Citizen (9 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither
native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from ...
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Fellow-citizen (1 Occurrence)
Fellow-citizen. Fellow-captives, Fellow-citizen. Fellowcitizens .
Multi-Version Concordance Fellow-citizen (1 Occurrence). ...
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Citizenship (4 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The rights and privileges of a citizen in
distinction from a foreigner (Luke 15:15; 19:14; Acts 21:39). ...
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Tribune (18 Occurrences)
... "This man is a Roman citizen." (WEY RSV). Acts 22:27 So the Tribune came to Paul
and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. (WEY RSV). ...
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Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... Worked out on this basis Qoheleth seems to mean citizenship, or concretely, a
citizen-a citizen of such respectability that he is entitled to participate in ...
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Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... Worked out on this basis Qoheleth seems to mean citizenship, or concretely, a
citizen-a citizen of such respectability that he is entitled to participate in ...
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Lysias (3 Occurrences)
... As the speech of Paul had no pacifying effect, Lysias purposed examining him by
scourging; but on learning that his prisoner was a Roman citizen, he desisted ...
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Civil (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his
fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. ...
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Appeal (30 Occurrences)
... 11, 12, 21, 25). Paul availed himself of the privilege of a Roman citizen
in this matter. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vt) To make ...
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Scourging (5 Occurrences)
... In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the
Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22-37). ...
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Bible Concordance

Citizen (9 Occurrences)

Luke 15:15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 21:39 But Paul said, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 22:25 But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"
(WEY RSV NIV)

Acts 22:26 On hearing this question, the Captain went to report the matter to the Tribune. "What are you intending to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen."
(WEY RSV NIV)

Acts 22:27 So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Acts 22:28 The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
(Root in WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 22:29 So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Acts 23:27 This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and they were on the point of killing him, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, for I had been informed that he was a Roman citizen.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Hebrews 8:11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying,'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS)

Subtopics

Citizen

Related Terms

Fellow-citizen (1 Occurrence)

Citizenship (4 Occurrences)

Tribune (18 Occurrences)

Preacher (27 Occurrences)

Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)

Lysias (3 Occurrences)

Civil (4 Occurrences)

Appeal (30 Occurrences)

Scourging (5 Occurrences)