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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 23 times in 23 verses in 'Rev' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:26 - The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:9 - After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2 - but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:9 - For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - The nations raged,
but your wrath came,
and the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,
and those who fear your name,
both small and great,
and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5 - She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule[fn] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[fn] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6 - Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion[fn] of her sexual immorality.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations![fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4 - Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:15 - And the angel[fn] said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - For all nations have drunk[fn]
the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23 - and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:15 - From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule[fn] them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:8 - and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:24 - By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:26 - They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2 - through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life[fn] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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