Topic
Commonwealth
5 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Maccabees 4:11ISBE
And the royal privileges granted of special favour to the Jews by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome for amity and aid, he took away; and putting down the governments which were according to the law, he brought up new…
- 2 Maccabees 8:17ISBE
And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city, whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:
- 2 Maccabees 13:14ISBE
So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world, and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by Modin:
- Ephesians 2:12ISBE
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Philippians 3:20Nave FIGURATIVE — (R. V. margin)
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
kom'-un-welth (politeia): Spoken of theocracy (Eph 2:12). The same word is rendered "freedom," the King James Version; "citizenship" the Revised Version (British and American). Also in the sense of commonwealth in the Apocrypha (2 Macc 4:11; 8:17; 13:14); in the sense of citizenship (3 Macc 3:21,23).
See CITIZENSHIP.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → FIGURATIVE
- (R. V. margin) Php 3:20
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.