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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)
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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 695 times in 625 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 13 (Gen 10:5–Lev 20:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 - I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations,[fn] Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - “And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 - “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - “And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - and all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - “since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - “Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - “Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD said to her:

“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than the other,
And the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - “May God Almighty bless you,
And make you fruitful and multiply you,
That you may be an assembly of peoples;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - And these were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah,[fn] Chief Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - “and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 - “The people will hear and be afraid;
Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - ‘Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - ‘And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - “If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - “but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - “But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - “I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - “Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - “Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - “For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And He said: “Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - “For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 - ‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - ‘lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - ‘You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “Again, you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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