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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 dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, 'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine 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 thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - 'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God thrust out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of Sama'ria, saying that he himself was somebody 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 instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles 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, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - And the believers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, 'I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to molest them and to stone them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoeni'cia and Sama'ria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should 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 assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 - that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - with the following letter: "The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cili'cia, greeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be upon your heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles 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 teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - And he said to me, 'Depart; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - and when he was called, Tertul'lus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your provision, most excellent Felix, reforms are introduced on behalf of this nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - And when the governor had motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: "Realizing that for many years you have been judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - Now after some years I came to bring to my nation alms and offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - "My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles--to whom I send you

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar--though I had no charge to bring against my nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 - Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen."
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