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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 - The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:5

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

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

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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 show judgment to the Gentiles.

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

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

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

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

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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 pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then will they deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you: and ye 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 shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:33 - Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:42 - But Jesus called them, and saith to them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles, exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called by all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:32 - A light to enlighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:30 - For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and spitefully treated, and spitted on;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:10 - Then said he 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 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them, are called benefactors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying, that he himself is Christ a king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:48 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:51 - And this he spoke not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - And not for that nation only, but that also he should assemble in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee to me: What hast thou done?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - And there were dwelling at 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, by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - For in truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were assembled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But there was a certain man called Simon, who before in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear 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 the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - And they of the circumcision who believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - And the apostles and brethren that were in 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 held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance to life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 - And when the Jews had gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Then Paul and Barnabas became bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but seeing ye reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

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