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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 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 - Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows 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 out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into the way of the nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21 - and on his name shall the nations hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - and they will deliver him up to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify, and the third day he shall rise again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - But Jesus having called them to him, said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:43

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall 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 shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will 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 these glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole habitable earth, for a witness to all the nations, and then shall come the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:42 - But Jesus having called them to him, says to them, Ye know that those who are esteemed to rule over the nations exercise lordship over them; and their great men exercise authority over 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 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 up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these things are the beginnings of throes.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:32 - a light for revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:30 - for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:32 - for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:10 - Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up 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 be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations 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 at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, 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 to all the 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 will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:50 - nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:51 - But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - and not for the nation only, but that he should also gather together into one the children of God who 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 nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things 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, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the lands of the nations, whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:42

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 Act 13:48–Rom 16:4

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Rom 16:26–Rev 21:24

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