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ἔθνος

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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

1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut).
1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is not tolerated even among Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut), for a man is living in sin with his father’s wife.
1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) you were somehow seduced and led astray to idols that could not speak.
2 Corinthians 11:26 On my frequent journeys I have been exposed to dangers from rivers, dangers from bandits, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut), dangers in the city, dangers in the countryside, dangers at sea, dangers at the hands of false brothers;
Galatians 1:16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut), I did not consult with flesh and blood,
Galatians 2:2 I went up in response to a revelation and laid out before them — though privately before the acknowledged leaders — the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut), lest somehow I was running, or had run, in vain.
Galatians 2:8 (for the one who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for mine to the Gentiles) (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut)
Galatians 2:9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) and they to the circumcised.
Galatians 2:12 For until certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut); but when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself because he feared those of the circumcision party.
Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) live like Jews?”
Galatians 2:15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) sinners;
Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you will all nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) be blessed.”
Galatians 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut), so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Ephesians 2:11 So remember that at one time you Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by those called the circumcision — made in the flesh by hands —
Ephesians 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) —
Ephesians 3:6 namely, that the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) are joint heirs, fellow members of the body and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Ephesians 3:8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Ephesians 4:17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you are no longer to live as the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) live, in the futility of their minds,
Colossians 1:27 To them God chose God to make known how great among the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) are the glorious riches of this mystery, this among the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1 Thessalonians 2:16 who prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) that they might be saved. Their goal has always been to complete the full number of their sins. But God’s wrath has caught up with them at last!
1 Thessalonians 4:5 not with the passion of lust, like the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) who do not know God.
1 Timothy 2:7 It is with reference to this witness that I was appointed a herald and apostle — I am speaking the truth; I am not lying — a teacher of the Gentiles (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) in faith and truth.
1 Timothy 3:16 And undeniably great is the mystery of godliness, who was revealed in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, appeared to angels; was preached among the nations (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut), was believed in the world, was taken up in glory.
2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, namely, all the Gentiles (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) might hear, and I was rescued from the mouth of a lion.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | nom sg neut), a people for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:12 and maintain an honorable lifestyle among the Gentiles (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) so that, with respect to the very things about which they slander you as evildoers, they may, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 4:3 For the time already gone by is enough for you to have done what the pagans (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) like to do, carrying on in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and disgusting worship of idols.
Revelation 2:26 As for the one who conquers, who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut),
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation (ethnous | ἔθνους | gen sg neut).
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count, people from every nation (ethnous | ἔθνους | gen sg neut), tribe, cultural group, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Revelation 10:11 Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut) and languages and kings.”
Revelation 11:2 but exclude the court that is outside the temple; do not measure it because it has been given to the nations (ethnesin | ἔθνεσιν | dat pl neut). And they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
Revelation 11:9 For three and a half days those from every people and tribe and language and nation (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb.
Revelation 11:18 The nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) raged, but your wrath came; and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and the time to destroy the destroyers of the earth.”
Revelation 12:5 So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule all the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) with an iron rod; but her child was taken up to God and to his throne.
Revelation 13:7 The beast was allowed to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | acc sg neut).
Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth — to every nation (ethnos | ἔθνος | acc sg neut), tribe, language, and people.
Revelation 14:8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! — she who has made all nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) drink of the wine of her passionate immorality.”
Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your deeds, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut)
Revelation 15:4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy, for all nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) fell. So Babylon the great was remembered before God and was given the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger.
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut), and languages.
Revelation 18:3 For all the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) have drunk the wine of her passionate immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her excessive luxury.”
Revelation 18:23 the light of a lamp will never again shine in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will never again be heard in you; for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) were deceived by your magic spells.
Revelation 19:15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword so that with it he can strike down the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut). He will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the furious wrath of God the Almighty.
Revelation 20:3 Then he threw him into the abyss, locked and sealed it over him, so he could not deceive the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After that he must be set loose for a short time.
Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | acc pl neut) at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. In number they are as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 21:24 The nations (ethnē | ἔθνη | nom pl neut) will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
Revelation 21:26 And they will bring the splendor and wealth of the nations (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut) into it.
Revelation 22:2 through the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river was the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And its leaves were for the healing of the nations (ethnōn | ἐθνῶν | gen pl neut).

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