3390. métropolis
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métropolis: Metropolis, mother city

Original Word: μητρόπολις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: métropolis
Pronunciation: may-TRO-po-lis
Phonetic Spelling: (may-trop'-ol-is)
KJV: chiefest city
Word Origin: [from G3384 (μήτηρ - mother) and G4172 (πόλις - city)]

1. a mother city, i.e. "metropolis"

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
chief city, mother city

From meter and polis; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis" -- chiefest city.

see GREEK meter

see GREEK polis

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from métér and polis
Definition
a metropolis.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3390: μητρόπολις

μητρόπολις, μητροπολεως, (μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).

Forms and Transliterations
μεμηχανευμένας μητροπόλεων μητρόπολιν μητρόπολις μηχανάς
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