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Lexicon :: Strong's G1484 - ethnos

Aa
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 693 times in 623 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 13 (Gen 10:5–Lev 20:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 - and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 - As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Jehovah said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb,
And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels:
And the one people shall be stronger than the other people;
And the elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -
Let peoples serve thee,
And nations bow down to thee:
Be lord over thy brethren,
And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee:
Cursed be every one that curseth thee,
And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 -
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh come;
And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 -
The peoples have heard, they tremble:
Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 - Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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