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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 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.; 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)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλίμ ὁδὸν θαλάσσης πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἐπιζητοῦσιν οἶδεν γὰρ πατὴρ ὑμῶν οὐράνιος ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:5 - τούτους τοὺς δώδεκα ἀπέστειλεν Ἰησοῦς παραγγείλας αὐτοῖς λέγων εἰς ὁδὸν ἐθνῶν G1484 μὴ ἀπέλθητε καὶ εἰς πόλιν Σαμαριτῶν μὴ εἰσέλθητε
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας δὲ καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - ἰδοὺ παῖς μου ὃν ᾑρέτισα ἀγαπητός μου εἰς ὃν εὐδόκησεν ψυχή μου θήσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν καὶ κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἀπαγγελεῖ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21 - καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη G1484 ἐλπιοῦσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 εἰς τὸ ἐμπαῖξαι καὶ μαστιγῶσαι καὶ σταυρῶσαι καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς εἶπεν οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43 - διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀρθήσεται ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ δοθήσεται ἔθνει G1484 ποιοῦντι τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος G1484 ἐπὶ ἔθνος G1484 καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλῖψιν καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - καὶ κηρυχθήσεται τοῦτο τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 καὶ τότε ἥξει τὸ τέλος
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - καὶ συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 καὶ ἀφορίσει αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὥσπερ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - πορευθέντες οὖν μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:33 - ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ τοῖς γραμματεῦσιν καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:42 - καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτοῖς οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - καὶ ἐδίδασκεν καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς οὐ γέγραπται ὅτι οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 ὑμεῖς δὲ πεποιήκατε αὐτὸν σπήλαιον λῃστῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος G1484 ἐπ᾽ ἔθνος G1484 καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους ἔσονται λιμοί ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων ταῦτα
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:10 - καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 πρῶτον δεῖ κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:32 - φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν G1484 καὶ δόξαν λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - ἀγαπᾷ γὰρ τὸ ἔθνος G1484 ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν συναγωγὴν αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν ἡμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:30 - ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 τοῦ κόσμου ἐπιζητοῦσιν ὑμῶν δὲ πατὴρ οἶδεν ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - παραδοθήσεται γὰρ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 καὶ ἐμπαιχθήσεται καὶ ὑβρισθήσεται καὶ ἐμπτυσθήσεται
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:10 - τότε ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐγερθήσεται ἔθνος G1484 ἐπ᾽ ἔθνος G1484 καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - καὶ πεσοῦνται στόματι μαχαίρης καὶ αἰχμαλωτισθήσονται εἰς τὰ ἔθνη G1484 πάντα καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται πατουμένη ὑπὸ ἐθνῶν G1484 ἄχρι οὗ πληρωθῶσιν καιροὶ ἐθνῶν G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - καὶ ἔσονται σημεῖα ἐν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ ἄστροις καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς συνοχὴ ἐθνῶν G1484 ἐν ἀπορίᾳ ἤχους θαλάσσης καὶ σάλου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 κυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἐξουσιάζοντες αὐτῶν εὐεργέται καλοῦνται
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - ἤρξαντο δὲ κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ λέγοντες τοῦτον εὕραμεν διαστρέφοντα τὸ ἔθνος G1484 ἡμῶν καὶ κωλύοντα φόρους Καίσαρι διδόναι καὶ λέγοντα ἑαυτὸν Χριστὸν βασιλέα εἶναι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - καὶ κηρυχθῆναι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλήμ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:48 - ἐὰν ἀφῶμεν αὐτὸν οὕτως πάντες πιστεύσουσιν εἰς αὐτόν καὶ ἐλεύσονται οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ ἀροῦσιν ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν τόπον καὶ τὸ ἔθνος G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - οὐδὲ λογίζεσθε ὅτι συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἄνθρωπος ἀποθάνῃ ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ ἔθνος G1484 ἀπόληται
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:51 - τοῦτο δὲ ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ οὐκ εἶπεν ἀλλὰ ἀρχιερεὺς ὢν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐκείνου ἐπροφήτευσεν ὅτι ἔμελλεν Ἰησοῦς ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνους G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - καὶ οὐχ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνους G1484 μόνον ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα καὶ τὰ τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ διεσκορπισμένα συναγάγῃ εἰς ἕν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - ἀπεκρίθη Πιλᾶτος μήτι ἐγὼ Ἰουδαῖός εἰμι τὸ ἔθνος G1484 τὸ σὸν καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς παρέδωκάν σε ἐμοί τί ἐποίησας
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - ἦσαν δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ κατοικοῦντες Ἰουδαῖοι ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔθνους G1484 τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη G1484 καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - συνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδά σου Ἰησοῦν ὃν ἔχρισας Ἡρῴδης τε καὶ Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος σὺν ἔθνεσιν G1484 καὶ λαοῖς Ἰσραήλ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - καὶ τὸ ἔθνος G1484 ἐὰν δουλεύσουσιν κρινῶ ἐγώ θεὸς εἶπεν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καὶ λατρεύσουσίν μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - ἣν καὶ εἰσήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ κατασχέσει τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 ὧν ἐξῶσεν θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν Δαυίδ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστάνων τὸ ἔθνος G1484 τῆς Σαμαρείας λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν κύριος πορεύου ὅτι σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς ἐστίν μοι οὗτος τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν G1484 τε καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Κορνήλιος ἑκατοντάρχης ἀνὴρ δίκαιος καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεὸν μαρτυρούμενός τε ὑπὸ ὅλου τοῦ ἔθνους G1484 τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐχρηματίσθη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου ἁγίου μεταπέμψασθαί σε εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ῥήματα παρὰ σοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει G1484 φοβούμενος αὐτὸν καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην δεκτὸς αὐτῷ ἐστιν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοὶ ὅσοι συνῆλθαν τῷ Πέτρῳ ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐκκέχυται
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ὄντες κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - ἀκούσαντες δὲ ταῦτα ἡσύχασαν καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεὸν λέγοντες ἄρα καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 θεὸς τὴν μετάνοιαν εἰς ζωὴν ἔδωκεν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - καὶ καθελὼν ἔθνη G1484 ἑπτὰ ἐν γῇ Χανάαν κατεκληρονόμησεν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν (MGNT 13:20)ὡς ἔτεσιν τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - παρρησιασάμενοί τε Παῦλος καὶ Βαρναβᾶς εἶπαν ὑμῖν ἦν ἀναγκαῖον πρῶτον λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπειδὴ ἀπωθεῖσθε αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀξίους κρίνετε ἑαυτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἰδοὺ στρεφόμεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη G1484
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - οὕτως γὰρ ἐντέταλται ἡμῖν κύριος τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν G1484 τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - ἀκούοντα δὲ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἔχαιρον καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον

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