Definition

a native of the same town, i.e. (figuratively) co-religionist (fellow-Christian)

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and G4177 (πολίτης);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• πολίτης polítēs

How the KJV renders it

• fellow- citizen

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.