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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. Romans 15:9ἔθνεσιν · [the] 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.”
  2. Romans 15:10ἔθνη · O Gentiles
    Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
  3. Romans 15:11ἔθνη · Gentiles
    And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
  4. Romans 15:12ἐθνῶν · [the] Gentiles; ἔθνη · [the] Gentiles
    And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
  5. Romans 15:16ἔθνη · Gentiles; ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    …to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  6. Romans 15:18ἐθνῶν · [the] Gentiles
    I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
  7. Romans 15:27ἔθνη · Gentiles
    They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
  8. Romans 16:4ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    …who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
  9. Romans 16:26ἔθνη · nations
    …but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:23ἔθνεσιν · to Gentiles
    …but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
  11. 1 Corinthians 5:1ἔθνεσιν · pagans
    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
  12. 1 Corinthians 10:20ἔθνη · of pagans
    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
  13. 1 Corinthians 12:2ἔθνη · pagans
    You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
  14. 2 Corinthians 11:26ἐθνῶν · [the] Gentiles
    In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
  15. Galatians 1:16ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    …to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
  16. Galatians 2:2ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
  17. Galatians 2:8ἔθνη · Gentiles
    For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
  18. Galatians 2:9ἔθνη · Gentiles
    And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
  19. Galatians 2:12ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
  20. Galatians 2:14ἔθνη · Gentiles
    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  21. Galatians 2:15ἐθνῶν · Gentile
    We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
  22. Galatians 3:8ἔθνη · Gentiles; ἔθνη · nations
    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
  23. Galatians 3:14ἔθνη · Gentiles
    He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
  24. Ephesians 2:11ἔθνη · Gentiles
    Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
  25. Ephesians 3:1ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
  26. Ephesians 3:6ἔθνη · Gentiles
    This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
  27. Ephesians 3:8ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  28. Ephesians 4:17ἔθνη · Gentiles
    So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
  29. Colossians 1:27ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
  30. 1 Thessalonians 2:16ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    …hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
  31. 1 Thessalonians 4:5ἔθνη · Gentiles
    …not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
  32. 1 Timothy 2:7ἐθνῶν · of [the] Gentiles
    For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
  33. 1 Timothy 3:16ἔθνεσιν · [the] nations
    By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
  34. 2 Timothy 4:17ἔθνη · Gentiles
    But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
  35. 1 Peter 2:9ἔθνος · nation
    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  36. 1 Peter 2:12ἔθνεσιν · Gentiles
    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
  37. 1 Peter 4:3ἐθνῶν · Gentiles
    For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
  38. Revelation 2:26ἐθνῶν · nations
    And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
  39. Revelation 5:9ἔθνους · nation
    And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  40. Revelation 7:9ἔθνους · nation
    After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
  41. Revelation 10:11ἔθνεσιν · nations
    And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
  42. Revelation 11:2ἔθνεσιν · nations
    But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
  43. Revelation 11:9ἐθνῶν · nations
    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
  44. Revelation 11:18ἔθνη · nations
    The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
  45. Revelation 12:5ἔθνη · nations
    And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
  46. Revelation 13:7ἔθνος · nation
    Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
  47. Revelation 14:6ἔθνος · nation
    Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.