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Lexicon :: Strong's G1484 - ethnos

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ἔθνος
Transliteration
ethnos (Key)
Pronunciation
eth'-nos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from ἔθω (G1486)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:364,201

Trench's Synonyms: xcviii. λαός, ἕθνος, δῆμος, ὄχλος.

Strong’s Definitions

ἔθνος éthnos, eth'-nos; probably from G1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan):—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 164x

The KJV translates Strong's G1484 in the following manner: Gentiles (93x), nation (64x), heathen (5x), people (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 164x
The KJV translates Strong's G1484 in the following manner: Gentiles (93x), nation (64x), heathen (5x), people (2x).

  1. a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together

    1. a company, troop, swarm

  2. a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus

    1. the human family

  3. a tribe, nation, people group

  4. in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles

  5. Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔθνος éthnos, eth'-nos; probably from G1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan):—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
STRONGS G1484:
ἔθνος, -ους, τό;
1. a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together; a company, troop, swarm: ἔθνος ἑταίρων, ἔθνος Ἀχαιων, ἔθνος λαῶν, Homer, Iliad; ἔθνος μελισσάων, 2, 87; μυιάων ἔθνεα, ibid. 469.
2. a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus (τὸ ἔθνος τὸ θῆλυ ἢ τὸ ἄρρεν, Xenophon, oec. 7, 26): πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων, the human race, Acts 17:26 [but this seems to belong under the next entry].
3. race, nation: Matthew 21:43; Acts 10:35, etc.; ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος, Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8: οἱ ἄρχοντες, οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν, Matthew 20:25; Luke 22:25; used [in the singular] of the Jewish people, Luke 7:5; Luke 23:2; John 11:48, 50-53; John 18:35; Acts 10:22; Acts 24:2 (Acts 24:3), Acts 24:10; Acts 26:4; 28:19.
4. (τά) ἔθνη, like הַגויִם in the O. T., foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles, [cf. Trench, § 98]: Matthew 4:15 (Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν), Matthew 6:32; [3 John 1:7 R G; cf. Revelation 15:3 G L T Tr WH marginal reading after John 10:7], and very often; in plain contradistinction to the Jews: Romans 3:29; Romans 9:24; [1 Corinthians 1:23 G L T Tr WH]: Galatians 2:8, etc.; ὁ λαὸς (τοῦ θεοῦ, Jews) καὶ τὰ ἔθνη, Luke 2:32; Acts 26:17, 23; Romans 15:10.
5. Paul uses τὰ ἔθνη even of Gentile Christians: Romans 11:13; Romans 15:27; Romans 16:4; Galatians 2:12 (opposite Galatians 2:13 to οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, i. e. Jewish Christians), Galatians 2:14; Ephesians 3:1, cf. Ephesians 4:17 [Winers Grammar, § 59, 4 a.; Buttmann, 130 (114)].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:15; 6:32; 20:25; 21:43; 24:7
Mark
13:8
Luke
2:32; 7:5; 22:25; 23:2
John
10:7; 11; 11:48; 18:35
Acts
10:22; 10:35; 17:26; 24:2; 24:3; 24:10; 26:4; 26:17; 26:23; 28:19
Romans
3:29; 9:24; 11:13; 15:10; 15:27; 16:4
1 Corinthians
1:23
Galatians
2:8; 2:12; 2:13; 2:14
Ephesians
3:1; 4:17
3 John
1:7
Revelation
15:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1484 matches the Greek ἔθνος (ethnos),
which occurs 164 times in 152 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Mat 4:15–Act 13:47)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - 'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:5 - These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - 'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21 - and in his name shall nations hope.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43 - 'Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - 'For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:33 - -- 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:42 - but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, 'Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows are these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:10 - and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:32 - a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:30 - for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:10 - Then said he to them, 'Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - 'And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land is distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - And he said to them, 'The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - and began to accuse him, saying, 'This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:48 - if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:51 - And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - Pilate answered, 'Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - and those of the circumcision believing were astonished -- as many as came with Peter -- because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 - And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon them that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 Act 13:48–Rom 16:4

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