Gloss
Gentile, pagan; (foreign) nation, a people
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)
Definition
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. |
