Strong's Lexicon
G1484 — ἔθνος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1484 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἔθνος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably from G1486 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 162 |
| Transliteration: | ethnos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | eth'-nos |
| Meaning: | 1. a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe 2. (specially) a foreign (non-Jewish) one, Gentiles 3. (usually, by implication) pagan |
| KJV Renderings: | Gentile, heathen, nation, people |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔθνος, ἔθνους, 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 μελισσαων, 2, 87; μυιαων ἐθνεα, ibid. 469.
2. "a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus (τό ἔθνος τό θῆλυ ἤ ἀρρεν, Xenophon, oec. 7, 26): πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων, the human race, Act 17:26 (but this seems to belong under the next entry).
3. race, nation: Mat 21:43; Act 10:35, etc.; ἔθνος ἐπί ἔθνος, Mat 24:7; Mar 13:8 : οἱ ἄρχοντες, οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν, Mat 20:25; Luk 22:25; used (in the singular) of the Jewish people, Luk 7:5; Luk 23:2; Joh 11:48; Joh 11:50-53; Joh 18:35; Act 10:22; Act 24:2 (), ; .
4. (τά ἔθνη, like äÇâåéÄí in the O. T., foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles, (cf. Trench, § xcviii.): Mat 4:15 (Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν), ; (3Jn 1:7 R G; cf. Rev 15:3 G L T Tr WH marginal reading after Joh 10:7), and very often; in plain contradistinction to the Jews: Rom 3:29; Rom 9:24; (1Co 1:23 G L T Tr WH): Gal 2:8, etc.; ὁ λαός (τοῦ Θεοῦ, Jews) καί τά ἔθνη, Luk 2:32; Act 26:17; Act 26:23; Rom 15:10.
5. Paul uses τά ἔθνη even of Gentile Christians: Rom 11:13; Rom 15:27; Rom 16:4; Gal 2:12 (opposite Gal 2:13 to οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, i. e. Jewish Christians), Gal 2:14; Eph 3:1, cf. Eph 4:17 (Winers Grammar, § 59, 4 a.; Buttmann, 130 (114)).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἔθνος (Gentile)
Matthew 4:15
- KJV: The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles
- GK: γη Ζαβουλών και γη Νεφθαλείμ οδόν θαλάσσης πέραν του Ιορδάνου Γαλιλαία των εθνών
Matthew 6:32
- KJV: For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things
- GK: πάντα γαρ ταύτα τα έθνη επιζητεί οίδε γαρ ο πατήρ υμών ο ουράνιος ότι χρήζετε τούτων απάντων
Matthew 10:5
- KJV: These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them saying Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into city of the Samaritans enter ye not
- GK: τούτους τους δώδεκα απέστειλεν ο Ιησούς παραγγείλας αυτοίς λέγων εις οδόν εθνών μη απέλθητε και εις πόλιν Σαμαρειτών μη εισέλθητε
Matthew 10:18
- KJV: And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony against them and the Gentiles
- GK: και επί ηγεμόνας δε και βασιλείς αχθήσεσθε ένεκεν εμού εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς και τοις έθνεσιν
Matthew 12:18
- KJV: Behold my servant whom I have chosen my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased I will put my spirit upon him and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles
- GK: ιδού ο παις μου ον ηρέτισα ο αγαπητός μου εις ον ευδόκησεν η ψυχή μου θήσω το πνεύμά μου επ΄ αυτόν και κρίσιν τοις έθνεσιν απαγγελεί
Matthew 12:21
- KJV: And in his name shall the Gentiles trust
- GK: και εν τω ονόματι αυτού έθνη ελπιούσιν
Matthew 20:19
- KJV: And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify and the third day he shall rise again
- GK: και παραδώσουσιν αυτόν τοις έθνεσιν εις το εμπαίξαι και μαστιγώσαι και σταυρώσαι και τη τρίτη ημέρα αναστήσεται
Matthew 20:25
- KJV: But Jesus called them and said Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they that are great exercise authority upon them
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς προσκαλεσάμενος αυτούς είπεν οίδατε ότι οι άρχοντες των εθνών κατακυριεύουσιν αυτών και οι μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αυτών
Matthew 21:43
- KJV: Therefore say I unto you The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof
- GK: διά τούτο λέγω υμίν ότι αρθήσεται αφ΄ υμών η βασιλεία του θεού και δοθήσεται έθνει ποιούντι τους καρπούς αυτής