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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 15 times in 14 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; G1484

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - (For after all these things do the Gentiles G1484 seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:5 - These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, G1484 and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. G1484

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. G1484

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21 - And in his name shall the Gentiles G1484 trust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - And shall deliver him to the Gentiles G1484 to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles G1484 exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43 - Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation G1484 bringing forth the fruits thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - For nation G1484 shall rise against nation, G1484 and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations G1484 for my name's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; G1484 and then shall the end come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - And before him shall be gathered all nations: G1484 and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, G1484 baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
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