- Original: ἔθνος
- Transliteration: Ethnos
- Phonetic: eth'-nos
- Definition:
1. a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together
a. a company, troop, swarm
2. a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus
a. the human family
3. a tribe, nation, people group
4. in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles
5. Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians
- Origin: probably from
G1486
- TDNT entry: 08:04,2
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter
- Strong's: Probably from
G1486 ; a race (as of the same habit) that is a tribe; specifically a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually by implication pagan): - Gentile heathen nation people.
Total KJV Occurrences: 132
• drink, 1
Revelation 14:8
• Gentiles, 78
Mat 4:15; Mat 12:18; Mat 12:21;
Luke 2:32; Act 4:27; Act 7:45; Act 10:45; Act 11:1; Act 11:18; Act 13:42; Act 13:46; Act 13:47; Act 13:48; Act 14:2; Act 14:5; Act 14:27; Act 15:3; Act 15:7; Act 15:12; Act 15:14; Act 15:17; Act 15:19; Act 15:23; Act 18:6; Act 21:11; Act 21:19; Act 21:21; Act 21:25; Act 26:20; Act 26:23; Act 28:28;
Romans 1:13;
Romans 2:14;
Romans 2:24;
Romans 3:29(2);
Romans 9:24;
Romans 9:30;
Romans 11:11;
Romans 11:12;
Romans 11:13(2);
Romans 11:25;
Romans 15:9(2);
Romans 15:10;
Romans 15:11;
Romans 15:12(2);
Romans 15:16(2);
Romans 15:27;
Romans 16:4;
1 Corinthians 5:1;
1 Corinthians 10:20;
1 Corinthians 12:2;
Galatians 2:2;
Galatians 2:8;
Galatians 2:12;
Galatians 2:14;
Galatians 2:15;
Galatians 3:14; Eph 2:11; Eph 3:1; Eph 3:6; Eph 3:8; Eph 4:17;
Colossians 1:27;
1 Thessalonians 2:16;
1 Thessalonians 4:5;
1 Timothy 2:7;
1 Timothy 3:16;
2 Timothy 1:11;
2 Timothy 4:17;
1 Peter 2:12;
1 Peter 4:3;
3 John 1:7;
Revelation 11:2
• heathen, 5
Act 4:25;
2 Corinthians 11:26;
Galatians 1:16;
Galatians 2:9;
Galatians 3:8
• nation, 20
Luke 7:5;
Luke 23:2; Joh 11:48; Joh 11:50; Joh 11:51; Joh 11:52; Joh 18:35; Act 2:5; Act 7:7; Act 10:22; Act 10:35; Act 24:2; Act 24:10; Act 24:17; Act 26:4; Act 28:19;
Romans 10:19;
1 Peter 2:9;
Revelation 5:9;
Revelation 14:6
• nations, 25
Act 13:19; Act 14:16; Act 17:26;
Romans 1:5;
Romans 4:17;
Romans 4:18;
Romans 16:26;
Galatians 3:8;
Revelation 7:9;
Revelation 10:11;
Revelation 11:9;
Revelation 11:18;
Revelation 12:5;
Revelation 13:7;
Revelation 15:4;
Revelation 16:19;
Revelation 17:15;
Revelation 18:3;
Revelation 18:23;
Revelation 19:15;
Revelation 20:3;
Revelation 20:8;
Revelation 21:24;
Revelation 21:26;
Revelation 22:2
• obedient, 1
Romans 15:18
• people, 2
Act 8:9;
Romans 10:19
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