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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 43 times in 43 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say,
Why did the Gentiles rage,
And the peoples imagine vain things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of 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

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, 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 BoxAct 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles,
That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 -
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord,
And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - And coming to us, and taking Paul’s girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - and they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - But as touching the Gentiles that have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by thy providence evils are corrected for this nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defence:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 - Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.
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