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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 44 times in 44 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - ἦσαν δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ κατοικοῦντες Ἰουδαῖοι ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔθνους G1484 τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - ὁ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη G1484 καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - συνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδά σου Ἰησοῦν ὃν ἔχρισας Ἡρῴδης τε καὶ Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος σὺν ἔθνεσιν G1484 καὶ λαοῖς Ἰσραήλ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - καὶ τὸ ἔθνος G1484 ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσουσιν κρινῶ ἐγώ ὁ θεὸς εἶπεν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καὶ λατρεύσουσίν μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - ἣν καὶ εἰσήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ κατασχέσει τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 ὧν ἐξῶσεν ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν Δαυίδ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστάνων τὸ ἔθνος G1484 τῆς Σαμαρείας λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος πορεύου ὅτι σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς ἐστίν μοι οὗτος τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν G1484 τε καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Κορνήλιος ἑκατοντάρχης ἀνὴρ δίκαιος καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεὸν μαρτυρούμενός τε ὑπὸ ὅλου τοῦ ἔθνους G1484 τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐχρηματίσθη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου ἁγίου μεταπέμψασθαί σε εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ῥήματα παρὰ σοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει G1484 ὁ φοβούμενος αὐτὸν καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην δεκτὸς αὐτῷ ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοὶ ὅσοι συνῆλθαν τῷ Πέτρῳ ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐκκέχυται

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ὄντες κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - ἀκούσαντες δὲ ταῦτα ἡσύχασαν καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεὸν λέγοντες ἄρα καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 ὁ θεὸς τὴν μετάνοιαν εἰς ζωὴν ἔδωκεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - καὶ καθελὼν ἔθνη G1484 ἑπτὰ ἐν γῇ Χανάαν κατεκληρονόμησεν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν (MGNT 13:20)ὡς ἔτεσιν τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 - ἐξιόντων δὲ αὐτῶν παρεκάλουν εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ σάββατον λαληθῆναι αὐτοῖς τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - παρρησιασάμενοί τε ὁ Παῦλος καὶ ὁ Βαρναβᾶς εἶπαν ὑμῖν ἦν ἀναγκαῖον πρῶτον λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπειδὴ ἀπωθεῖσθε αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀξίους κρίνετε ἑαυτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἰδοὺ στρεφόμεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη G1484

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - οὕτως γὰρ ἐντέταλται ἡμῖν ὁ κύριος τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν G1484 τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - ἀκούοντα δὲ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἔχαιρον καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - οἱ δὲ ἀπειθήσαντες Ἰουδαῖοι ἐπήγειραν καὶ ἐκάκωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 κατὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο ὁρμὴ τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων σὺν τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶν ὑβρίσαι καὶ λιθοβολῆσαι αὐτούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - ὃς ἐν ταῖς παρῳχημέναις γενεαῖς εἴασεν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 πορεύεσθαι ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - παραγενόμενοι δὲ καὶ συναγαγόντες τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀνήγγελλον ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ὅτι ἤνοιξεν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 θύραν πίστεως

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - οἱ μὲν οὖν προπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας διήρχοντο τήν τε Φοινίκην καὶ Σαμάρειαν ἐκδιηγούμενοι τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 καὶ ἐποίουν χαρὰν μεγάλην πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - πολλῆς δὲ ζητήσεως γενομένης ἀναστὰς Πέτρος εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε ὅτι ἀφ᾽ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων ἐν ὑμῖν ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ στόματός μου ἀκοῦσαι τὰ ἔθνη G1484 τὸν λόγον τοῦ εὐαγγελίου καὶ πιστεῦσαι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - ἐσίγησεν δὲ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ ἤκουον Βαρναβᾶ καὶ Παύλου ἐξηγουμένων ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 δι᾽ αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Συμεὼν ἐξηγήσατο καθὼς πρῶτον ὁ θεὸς ἐπεσκέψατο λαβεῖν ἐξ ἐθνῶν G1484 λαὸν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 - ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη G1484 ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - διὸ ἐγὼ κρίνω μὴ παρενοχλεῖν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἀδελφοὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν G1484 χαίρειν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς πᾶν ἔθνος G1484 ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - ἀντιτασσομένων δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ βλασφημούντων ἐκτιναξάμενος τὰ ἱμάτια εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν καθαρὸς ἐγώ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη G1484 πορεύσομαι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - καὶ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ ἄρας τὴν ζώνην τοῦ Παύλου δήσας ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας εἶπεν τάδε λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τὸν ἄνδρα οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ζώνη αὕτη οὕτως δήσουσιν ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ παραδώσουσιν εἰς χεῖρας ἐθνῶν G1484

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - καὶ ἀσπασάμενος αὐτοὺς ἐξηγεῖτο καθ᾽ ἓν ἕκαστον ὧν ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 διὰ τῆς διακονίας αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - κατηχήθησαν δὲ περὶ σοῦ ὅτι ἀποστασίαν διδάσκεις ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως τοὺς κατὰ τὰ ἔθνη G1484 πάντας Ἰουδαίους λέγων μὴ περιτέμνειν αὐτοὺς τὰ τέκνα μηδὲ τοῖς ἔθεσιν περιπατεῖν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - περὶ δὲ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν G1484 ἡμεῖς ἐπεστείλαμεν κρίναντες φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτοὺς τό τε εἰδωλόθυτον καὶ αἷμα καὶ πνικτὸν καὶ πορνείαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - καὶ εἶπεν πρός με πορεύου ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰς ἔθνη G1484 μακρὰν ἐξαποστελῶ σε

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - κληθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο κατηγορεῖν ὁ Τέρτυλλος λέγων πολλῆς εἰρήνης τυγχάνοντες διὰ σοῦ καὶ διορθωμάτων γινομένων τῷ ἔθνει G1484 τούτῳ διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - ἀπεκρίθη τε ὁ Παῦλος νεύσαντος αὐτῷ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος λέγειν ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν ὄντα σε κριτὴν τῷ ἔθνει G1484 τούτῳ ἐπιστάμενος εὐθύμως τὰ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολογοῦμαι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - δι᾽ ἐτῶν δὲ πλειόνων ἐλεημοσύνας ποιήσων εἰς τὸ ἔθνος G1484 μου παρεγενόμην καὶ προσφοράς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - τὴν μὲν οὖν βίωσίν μου τὴν ἐκ νεότητος τὴν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς γενομένην ἐν τῷ ἔθνει G1484 μου ἔν τε Ἱεροσολύμοις ἴσασι πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν G1484 εἰς οὓς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σε

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ πρῶτόν τε καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἀπήγγελλον μετανοεῖν καὶ ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - εἰ παθητὸς ὁ Χριστός εἰ πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν φῶς μέλλει καταγγέλλειν τῷ τε λαῷ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - ἀντιλεγόντων δὲ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἠναγκάσθην ἐπικαλέσασθαι Καίσαρα οὐχ ὡς τοῦ ἔθνους G1484 μου ἔχων τι κατηγορεῖν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 - γνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἀπεστάλη τοῦτο τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται
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