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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 102 times in 89 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Isa 1:4–Isa 42:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:2 - In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob’s God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD’s teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - The LORD will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - He will send a signal to distant nations far away
and whistle to those at the ends of the earth.
They will come racing toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:9 - “Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn]Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 - I am sending Assyria against a godless nation,
against a people with whom I am angry.
Assyria will plunder them,
trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool;
his mind does not work that way.
His plan is simply to destroy,
to cut down nation after nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - He boasts,
“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
and carried off their treasures.
I have knocked down their kings like a bull.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - In that day the heir to David’s throne[fn]
will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 - He will raise a flag among the nations
and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:4 - In that wonderful day you will sing:
“Thank the LORD! Praise his name!
Tell the nations what he has done.
Let them know how mighty he is!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:4 - Hear the noise on the mountains!
Listen, as the vast armies march!
It is the noise and shouting of many nations.
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The nations of the world will help the LORD’s people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - You struck the people with endless blows of rage
and held the nations in your angry grip
with unrelenting tyranny.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - “In the place of the dead[fn] there is excitement
over your arrival.
The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead
stand up to see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - “How you are fallen from heaven,
O shining star, son of the morning!
You have been thrown down to the earth,
you who destroyed the nations of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:18 - “The kings of the nations lie in stately glory,
each in his own tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:26 - I have a plan for the whole earth,
a hand of judgment upon all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them,
“The LORD has built Jerusalem[fn];
its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—
that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
that they crossed over the Dead Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Listen! The armies of many nations
roar like the roaring of the sea.
Hear the thunder of the mighty forces
as they rush forward like thundering waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - But though they thunder like breakers on a beach,
God will silence them, and they will run away.
They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind,
like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - that sends ambassadors
in swift boats down the river.
Go, swift messengers!
Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide
for their conquests and destruction,
and whose land is divided by rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will receive gifts
from this land divided by rivers,
from this tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.
They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem,[fn]
where the LORD of Heaven’s Armies dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - sailing over deep waters.
They brought you grain from Egypt[fn]
and harvests from along the Nile.
You were the marketplace of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13 - Throughout the earth the story is the same—
only a remnant is left,
like the stray olives left on the tree
or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - In Jerusalem,[fn] the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will spread a wonderful feast
for all the people of the world.
It will be a delicious banquet
with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - There he will remove the cloud of gloom,
the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - All the nations fighting against Jerusalem[fn]
will vanish like a dream!
Those who are attacking her walls
will vanish like a vision in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - A hungry person dreams of eating
but wakes up still hungry.
A thirsty person dreams of drinking
but is still faint from thirst when morning comes.
So it will be with your enemies,
with those who attack Mount Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev:
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt—
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure—
all to pay for Egypt’s protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:3 - The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - Your roads are deserted;
no one travels them anymore.
The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty
and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.[fn]
They have no respect for anyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 - Your people will be burned up completely,
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come here and listen, O nations of the earth.
Let the world and everything in it hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For the LORD is enraged against the nations.
His fury is against all their armies.
He will completely destroy[fn] them,
dooming them to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - “Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!’ Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:20 - What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the LORD can rescue Jerusalem from me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12 - Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - “But have you not heard?
I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
into heaps of rubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - No, for all the nations of the world
are but a drop in the bucket.
They are nothing more
than dust on the scales.
He picks up the whole earth
as though it were a grain of sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:17 - The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing—
mere emptiness and froth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - “Who has stirred up this king from the east,
rightly calling him to God’s service?
Who gives this man victory over many nations
and permits him to trample their kings underfoot?
With his sword, he reduces armies to dust.
With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:5 - The lands beyond the sea watch in fear.
Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:28 - Not one of your idols told you this.
Not one gave any answer when I asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 - “Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.
He is my chosen one, who pleases me.
I have put my Spirit upon him.
He will bring justice to the nations.

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