- Original: πολιτεία - Transliteration: Politeia - Phonetic: pol-ee-ti'-ah - Definition: 1. the administration of civil affairs 2. a state or commonwealth 3. citizenship, the rights of a citizen - Origin: from G4177 (polity) - TDNT entry: 14:36,9 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4177 (polity); citizenship; concretely a community: - commonwealth freedom. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • commonwealth, 1 Eph 2:12 • freedom, 1 Act 22:28