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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. Revelation 14:8ἔθνη · nations
    Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
  2. Revelation 15:3ἐθνῶν · nations
    …and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
  3. Revelation 15:4ἔθνη · nations
    Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  4. Revelation 16:19ἐθνῶν · nations
    The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
  5. Revelation 17:15ἔθνη · nations
    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
  6. Revelation 18:3ἔθνη · nations
    All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
  7. Revelation 18:23ἔθνη · nations
    The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
  8. Revelation 19:15ἔθνη · nations
    And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
  9. Revelation 20:3ἔθνη · nations
    And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
  10. Revelation 20:8ἔθνη · nations
    …and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
  11. Revelation 21:24ἔθνη · nations
    By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
  12. Revelation 21:26ἐθνῶν · nations
    And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
  13. Revelation 22:2ἐθνῶν · nations
    …down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.