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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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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to 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 declare judgment to the Gentiles.

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And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the 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 the whole world for a testimony unto all the 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 the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into 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 shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles:

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:8 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:32 -
A light for revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of thy people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:10 - Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over 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 our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and 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 unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

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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 our nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

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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 - 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 Box Act 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 - 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 Box Act 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Box Act 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 - And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

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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 - 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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