04172

@LINK πόλις

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4172. πόλις πόλις, ιος, ἡ, [gen. πόλεως dissyll. in attic Poets] [ionic and doric πόλιος dissyll. in Il.] I. doric πολίεσι:—acc. πόλεις, πόλιας:— a city, Hom., Hes., etc.; πόλις ἄκρη and ἀκροτάτη, ῀ ἀκρόπολις, the citadel, Il.: this at Athens was often called simply πόλις, while the rest of the city was called ἄστυ, Thuc., etc.:—the name of the city was often added in gen., Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π. the city of . . , Aesch., etc.; also in appos., ἡ Μένδη π. Thuc.
2. one's city or country, Od., etc.
II. when πόλις and ἄστυ are joined, the former is the body of citizens, the latter their dwellings, Il.; ὧν πόλις ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται, where πόλις = a number of citizens, Soph.:—hence,
2. the state (πολιτεία), Hes., Pind., attic: esp. a free state, republic, Soph., Xen., etc.
3. the right of citizenship, like Lat. civitas, Ar., Dem.

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4172. πόλις povlis polis {pol'-is}
probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183; a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size):--city. see GREEK for 4183 see GREEK for 4171

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4172 mowra' mo-raw'

or morat {mo-raw'}; or morah (Psa. 9:20) {mo-raw'}; from
3372; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed:--dread,
(that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.
see HEBREW for 03372