Word study · Greek
políteuma
citizenship, commonwealth
Say it: pol-IT-yoo-mah (approximate)
πολίτευμα
What it means
The community of citizens, a colony or commonwealth, or the citizenship itself (from politēs, "citizen"). In 3:20, "our citizenship is in heaven." In Philippi, a Roman colony, the metaphor would resonate: the colony's citizens were a piece of Rome abroad.
Range of meaning
- CitizenshipThe status of a citizen.
- CommonwealthA state or colony.
In Philippians
- Chapter 3
"For our citizenship is in heaven" (3:20).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4175 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources