ἔθνος ethnos

Greek word for “Gentiles” · Strong’s G1484 · used 162 times in 150 verses

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Meaning

ἔθνος, -ους, τό; 1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.).;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ethnos in context, with how often each is used:

• gentiles 87
• nations 33
• nation 30
• gentiles — 4
• people 2
• pagans 2
• nations’? 1
• gentiles? 1
• over gentiles 1
• nations! 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 15 (7), Romans 15 (7), Galatians 2 (6), John 11 (4), Acts 13 (4), Acts 14 (4), Acts 21 (4), Acts 26 (4), Romans 11 (4), Matthew 24 (3)

Forms

• ἔθνη 52
• ἐθνῶν 46
• ἔθνεσιν 32
• ἔθνος 18
• ἔθνει 7
• ἔθνους 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ethnos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• λαός laos “a people” 17
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 14
• τε te “and/both” 13
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 13
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 12
• γῆ gē “earth” 11
• εὐαγγέλιον euangelion “gospel” 8
• γλῶσσα glōssa “tongue” 7
• βασιλεύς basileus “king” 8
• κατά kata “according to” 11
• μέγας megas “great” 9
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 10

Key verses

The verses using ethnos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were…
• Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to…
• Ephesians 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…
• 2 Timothy 4:17 — Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was…
• 1 Peter 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of…
• Revelation 5:9 — And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy…
• Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
• Revelation 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are…
• Revelation 15:4 — Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.