Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἔθνος, -ους, τό
Greek transliteration
ethnos
Simplified transliteration
ethnos

Numbers

Strong's number
1484
GK Number
1620

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
162
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3d(2b)
Gloss
Gentile, pagan; (foreign) nation, a people
Definition
a multitude, company, Acts 17:26; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 21:24; a nation, people, Mt. 20:25; 21:43; pl. ἔθνη, from the Hebrew, nations or people as distinguished from the Jews, the heathen, Gentiles, Mt. 4:15; 10:5; Lk. 2:32

Greek-English Concordance for ἔθνος

Matthew 4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) —
Matthew 6:32 for the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) pursue all these things — for your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them as follows: “Do not go among the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) and do not enter any Samaritan town;
Matthew 10:18 and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut).
Matthew 12:18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut).
Matthew 12:21 And in his name the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) will put their hope.”
Matthew 20:19 hand him over to the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”
Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) lord it over them, and their leaders exercise authority over them.
Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people (ethnei | ἔθνει | dat sg neut) who will produce its fruit.”
Matthew 24:7 For nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | nom sg neut) will rise up against nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | acc sg neut) and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Matthew 24:9 Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) because of my name.
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to every nation (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut), and then the end will come.
Matthew 25:32 All the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 10:33 “Listen, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the ruling priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut).
Mark 10:42 And calling them to him, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) lord it over them, and their leaders domineer over them.
Mark 11:17 And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’ (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut)? But you have made it ‘a hideout for robbers.’”
Mark 13:8 For nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | nom sg neut) will rise against nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | acc sg neut) and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
Mark 13:10 First the gospel must be preached to every nation (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut).
Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut), and for glory for your people Israel.”
Luke 7:5 for he loves our nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | acc sg neut) and he built the synagogue for us.”
Luke 12:30 For all the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) of the world have these things as their overriding concern, and your Father knows full well that you need them.
Luke 18:32 For he will be handed over to the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) and will be ridiculed and ill-treated and spat on.
Luke 21:10 Then he said to them, “Nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | nom sg neut) will rise against nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | acc sg neut), and kingdom against kingdom;
Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to all nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut), and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut), until the times of (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) are fulfilled.

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