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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 162 times in 150 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 4:15–Act 13:48)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:5 - These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21 - and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43 - Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[fn] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:33 - saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:42 - And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:10 - And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:32 - a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:30 - For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:10 - Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - and that repentance for[fn] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:48 - If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:51 - He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,[fn] said by the Holy Spirit,
“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - ‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and the brothers[fn] who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
“‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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