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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 Box Act 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 -

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation G1484 under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,

‘WHY DID THE [fn]GENTILES G1484 RAGE,

AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE VAIN THINGS?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 -

“For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy [fn]Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the [fn]Gentiles G1484 and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - “‘AND I MYSELF WILL JUDGE THE NATION G1484 TO WHICH THEY WILL BE ENSLAVED,’ said God, ‘AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND [fn]SERVE ME IN THIS PLACE.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - “And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with [fn]Joshua when they dispossessed the [fn]nations G1484 whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 -

Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astounding the people G1484 of Samaria, claiming to be someone great;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen [fn]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles G1484 and kings and the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation G1484 of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and hear [fn]a message from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation G1484 the one who [fn]fears Him and does righteousness is welcome to Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - And all the [fn]circumcised believers who came with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles G1484 also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 -

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles G1484 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 this, they [fn]quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles G1484 also the repentance that leads to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - “And when He destroyed seven nations G1484 in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about 450 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles G1484.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - “For so the [fn]Lord has commanded us,

‘I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES G1484,

THAT YOU MAY [fn]BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 -

And when the Gentiles G1484 heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of [fn]the [fn]Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But the [fn]unbelieving Jews instigated and embittered the [fn]minds of the Gentiles G1484 against the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles G1484 and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and to stone them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - “[fn]In the generations gone by He permitted all the [fn]nations G1484 to go their own ways;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and [fn]how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles G1484.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting in detail the conversion of the Gentiles G1484, and were bringing great joy to all the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that [fn]in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles G1484 would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 -

And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles G1484.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - “Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles G1484 a people for His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 -

SO THAT THE REST OF [fn]MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD,

AND ALL THE GENTILES G1484 [fn]WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 -

“Therefore I judge that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles G1484,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - and they [fn]sent this letter by them,

“The apostles and the brothers who are elders, to the brothers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia who are from the Gentiles G1484, greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - and He made from one man every nation G1484 of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles G1484.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles G1484.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - And after he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God did among the Gentiles G1484 through his ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles G1484 to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to [fn]walk according to the customs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - “But concerning the Gentiles G1484 who have believed, we wrote, having decided that they should keep from [fn]meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from sexual immorality.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - “And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles G1484.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - And after Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,

“As we have attained much peace through you—and because by your provision reforms are being carried out for this nation G1484—

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 -

And when the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul answered:

“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation G1484, I cheerfully make my defense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - “Now after several years I came to bring [fn]alms to my nation G1484 and offerings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 -

“So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation G1484 and at Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles G1484, to whom I am sending you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles G1484, that they should repent and turn to God, practicing deeds appropriate to repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - [fn]that the [fn]Christ was [fn]to suffer, and [fn]that as first of the resurrection from the dead, He was going to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles G1484.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - “But when the Jews [fn]objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any accusation against my nation G1484.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 -

“Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God was sent to the Gentiles G1484—they will also hear.”

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