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ἔθνος

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter163 occurrences16 books151 verses

Definition

ἔθνος, -ους, τό,

[in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ;]

1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.).

2. a nation, people: Matthew 21:43; 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 22:25, Acts 10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Luke 7:5; 23:2, John 11:48, 50-53; 18:35, Acts 10:22; 24:3, 10; 26:4; 28:19.

3. In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם), the nations, as distinct from Israel, Gentiles: Matthew 4:15; 6:32, Acts 26:17, Romans 3:29; 11:11; 15:10, Galatians 2:8, al.; of Gentile Christians, Romans 11:13; 15:27; 16:4, Galatians 2:12, 14, Ephesians 3:1.

Synonyms: λαός (see DCG, ii, 229; Cremer, 226).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἔθνος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

163 total
  1. Acts 11:18ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  2. Acts 13:19ἔθνη · nations
    And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
  3. Acts 13:46ἔθνη · Gentiles
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  4. Acts 13:47ἐθνῶν · for [the] Gentiles
    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  5. Acts 13:48ἔθνη · Gentiles
    When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
  6. Acts 14:2ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
  7. Acts 14:5ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
  8. Acts 14:16ἔθνη · nations
    In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
  9. Acts 14:27ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  10. Acts 15:3ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
  11. Acts 15:7ἔθνη · Gentiles
    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
  12. Acts 15:12ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
  13. Acts 15:14ἐθνῶν · [them]
    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
  14. Acts 15:17ἔθνη · Gentiles
    …so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
  15. Acts 15:19ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
  16. Acts 15:23ἐθνῶν · [the] Gentiles
    …and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
  17. Acts 17:26ἔθνος · nation
    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
  18. Acts 18:6ἔθνη · Gentiles
    But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
  19. Acts 21:11ἐθνῶν · to [the] Gentiles
    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
  20. Acts 21:19ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  21. Acts 21:21ἔθνη · Gentiles
    But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
  22. Acts 21:25ἐθνῶν · Gentile
    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
  23. Acts 22:21ἔθνη · [the] Gentiles
    Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  24. Acts 24:2ἔθνει · nation
    When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
  25. Acts 24:10ἔθνει · nation
    When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
  26. Acts 24:17ἔθνος · people
    After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
  27. Acts 26:4ἔθνει · people
    Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
  28. Acts 26:17ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
  29. Acts 26:20ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
  30. Acts 26:23ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    …that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
  31. Acts 28:19ἔθνους · nation
    But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
  32. Acts 28:28ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
  33. Romans 1:5ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
  34. Romans 1:13ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  35. Romans 2:14ἔθνη · Gentiles
    Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
  36. Romans 2:24ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
  37. Romans 3:29ἐθνῶν · [the God] of Gentiles; ἐθνῶν · of Gentiles
    Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
  38. Romans 4:17ἐθνῶν · nations
    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  39. Romans 4:18ἐθνῶν · nations
    Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
  40. Romans 9:24ἐθνῶν · [the] Gentiles
    …including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
  41. Romans 9:30ἔθνη · [the] Gentiles
    What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
  42. Romans 10:19ἔθνει · a nation; ἔθνει · a nation
    I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
  43. Romans 11:11ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
  44. Romans 11:12ἐθνῶν · for [the] Gentiles
    But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
  45. Romans 11:13ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles; ἐθνῶν · to [the] Gentiles
    I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
  46. Romans 11:25ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  47. Romans 15:9ἔθνη · Gentiles
    …so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”