King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3390
Transliteration: mētropolis
Phonetic Spelling: (may-trop'-ol-is)
Short Definition: a metropolis
Meaning: a metropolis
μητρόπολις, μητροπολεως, ἡ (μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).
Word Summary
mētropolis: a metropolis
Original Word: μητρόπολιςTransliteration: mētropolis
Phonetic Spelling: (may-trop'-ol-is)
Short Definition: a metropolis
Meaning: a metropolis
Strong's Concordance
chief city, mother cityFrom meter and polis; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis" -- chiefest city.
see GREEK meter
see GREEK polis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3390: μητρόπολιςμητρόπολις, μητροπολεως, ἡ (μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).