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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 BoxAct 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - "For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 - so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - "Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - They have been informed about you - that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar - not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 - "Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!"
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