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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 BoxAct 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:45 - and those of the circumcision believing were astonished -- as many as came with Peter -- because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 - And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon them that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:48 - And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:16 - who in the past generations did suffer all the nations to go on in their ways,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:27 - and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, 'Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:12 - And all the multitude did keep silence, and were hearkening to Barnabas and Paul, declaring as many signs and wonders as God did among the nations through them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:14 - Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:17 - that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:19 - wherefore I judge: not to trouble those who from the nations do turn back to God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:23 - having written through their hand thus: 'The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who are of the nations, greeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth -- having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings --

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:11 - and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, 'Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver him up to the hands of nations.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostacy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying -- Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - 'And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, 'Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- 'Knowing that for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - 'And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - 'The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth -- which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem -- know do all the Jews,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - and the Jews having spoken against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar -- not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:28 - 'Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;'
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