πολιτεία, -ας, ἡ
(πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:11 2Mac 6:23 2Mac 8:17 2Mac 13:14, 3Ma.3:21 3Mac 3:23, 4Ma.3:20 4Mac 8:7 4Mac 17:9 * ;]
__1. citizenship: Act.22:28 (3 Mac, ll. with, Hdt., Xen., a1.).
__2. government, administration (Aristoph., Dem., al.).
__3. a commonwealth: Eph.2:12.†
(AS)