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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 - erant autem in Hierusalem habitantes Iudaei viri religiosi ex omni natione quae sub caelo sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - qui Spiritu Sancto per os patris nostri David pueri tui dixisti quare fremuerunt gentes et populi meditati sunt inania

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - convenerunt enim vere in civitate ista adversus sanctum puerum tuum Iesum quem unxisti Herodes et Pontius Pilatus cum gentibus et populis Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - et gentem cui servierint iudicabo ego dixit Deus et post haec exibunt et deservient mihi in loco isto

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - quod et induxerunt suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem gentium quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum usque in diebus David

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - vir autem quidam nomine Simon qui ante fuerat in civitate magus seducens gentem Samariae dicens esse se aliquem magnum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - dixit autem ad eum Dominus vade quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus et regibus et filiis Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - qui dixerunt Cornelius centurio vir iustus et timens Deum et testimonium habens ab universa gente Iudaeorum responsum accepit ab angelo sancto accersire te in domum suam et audire verba abs te

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - sed in omni gente qui timet eum et operatur iustitiam acceptus est illi

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - et obstipuerunt ex circumcisione fideles qui venerant cum Petro quia et in nationes gratia Spiritus Sancti effusa est

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - audierunt autem apostoli et fratres qui erant in Iudaea quoniam et gentes receperunt verbum Dei

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - his auditis tacuerunt et glorificaverunt Deum dicentes ergo et gentibus Deus paenitentiam ad vitam dedit

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - et destruens gentes septem in terra Chanaan sorte distribuit eis terram eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 - exeuntibus autem illis rogabant ut sequenti sabbato loquerentur sibi verba haec

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - tunc constanter Paulus et Barnabas dixerunt vobis oportebat primum loqui verbum Dei sed quoniam repellitis illud et indignos vos iudicastis aeternae vitae ecce convertimur ad gentes

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - sic enim praecepit nobis Dominus posui te in lumen gentibus ut sis in salutem usque ad extremum terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - audientes autem gentes gavisae sunt et glorificabant verbum Domini et crediderunt quotquot erant praeordinati ad vitam aeternam

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - qui vero increduli fuerunt Iudaei suscitaverunt et ad iracundiam concitaverunt animas gentium adversus fratres

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - cum autem factus esset impetus gentilium et Iudaeorum cum principibus suis ut contumeliis adficerent et lapidarent eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - [Vulgate 14:15] qui in praeteritis generationibus dimisit omnes gentes ingredi in vias suas

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - [Vulgate 14:26] cum autem venissent et congregassent ecclesiam rettulerunt quanta fecisset Deus cum illis quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - illi igitur deducti ab ecclesia pertransiebant Foenicen et Samariam narrantes conversionem gentium et faciebant gaudium magnum omnibus fratribus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - cum autem magna conquisitio fieret surgens Petrus dixit ad eos viri fratres vos scitis quoniam ab antiquis diebus in nobis elegit Deus per os meum audire gentes verbum evangelii et credere

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - tacuit autem omnis multitudo et audiebant Barnaban et Paulum narrantes quanta fecisset Deus signa et prodigia in gentibus per eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Simeon narravit quemadmodum primum Deus visitavit sumere ex gentibus populum nomini suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 - ut requirant ceteri hominum Dominum et omnes gentes super quas invocatum est nomen meum dicit Dominus faciens haec

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - propter quod ego iudico non inquietari eos qui ex gentibus convertuntur ad Deum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - scribentes per manus eorum apostoli et seniores fratres his qui sunt Antiochiae et Syriae et Ciliciae fratribus ex gentibus salutem

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terrae definiens statuta tempora et terminos habitationis eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - contradicentibus autem eis et blasphemantibus excutiens vestimenta dixit ad eos sanguis vester super caput vestrum mundus ego ex hoc ad gentes vadam

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - is cum venisset ad nos tulit zonam Pauli et alligans sibi pedes et manus dixit haec dicit Spiritus Sanctus virum cuius est zona haec sic alligabunt in Hierusalem Iudaei et tradent in manus gentium

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - quos cum salutasset narrabat per singula quae fecisset Deus in gentibus per ministerium ipsius

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - audierunt autem de te quia discessionem doceas a Mose eorum qui per gentes sunt Iudaeorum dicens non debere circumcidere eos filios suos neque secundum consuetudinem ingredi

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - de his autem qui crediderunt ex gentibus nos scripsimus iudicantes ut abstineant se ab idolis immolato et sanguine et suffocato et fornicatione

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - et dixit ad me vade quoniam ego in nationes longe mittam te

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - et citato Paulo coepit accusare Tertullus dicens cum in multa pace agamus per te et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - respondit autem Paulus annuente sibi praeside dicere ex multis annis esse te iudicem genti huic sciens bono animo pro me satisfaciam

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - post annos autem plures elemosynas facturus in gentem meam veni et oblationes et vota

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - et quidem vitam meam a iuventute quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Hierosolymis noverunt omnes Iudaei

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - eripiens te de populo et gentibus in quas nunc ego mitto te

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - sed his qui sunt Damasci primum et Hierosolymis et in omnem regionem Iudaeae et gentibus adnuntiabam ut paenitentiam agerent et converterentur ad Deum digna paenitentiae opera facientes

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - si passibilis Christus si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum lumen adnuntiaturus est populo et gentibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - contradicentibus autem Iudaeis coactus sum appellare Caesarem non quasi gentem meam habens aliquid accusare

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 - notum ergo sit vobis quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei ipsi et audient
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