- Original: πολιτεύομαι - Transliteration: Politeuomai - Phonetic: pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee - Definition: 1. to be a citizen 2. to administer civil affairs, manage the state 3. to make or create a citizen a. to be a citizen b. to behave as a citizen 1. to avail one's self of or recognise the laws 2. to conduct one's self as pledged to some law of life - Origin: middle voice of a derivative of G4177 - TDNT entry: 14:36,9 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice of a derivative of G4177 ; to behave as a citizen (figuratively): - let conversation be live. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • be, 1 Philippians 1:27 • lived, 1 Act 23:1