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ethnos G1484

ἔθνος (ethnos) means “Gentiles” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἔθνος Greek · G1484 160 tagged occurrences in 148 verses

Pronunciation guide: eth'-nos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1484

ἔθνος · ethnos · Gentiles

ἔθνος, -ους, τό, [in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ;] 1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.). 2. a nation, people: Mat.21:43 24:7, Mrk.13:8, Luk.22:25, Act.10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Luk.7:5 23:2, Jhn.11:48, 50-53 18:35, Act.10:22 24:3, 10 26:4 28:19. 3. In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם), the nations, as distinct from Israel, Gentiles: Mat.4:15 6:32, Act.26:17, Rom.3:29 11:11 15:10, Gal.2:8, al.; of Gentile Christians, Rom.11:13 15:27 16:4, Gal.2:12, 14, Eph.3:1. SYN.: λαός (see DCG, ii, 229; Cremer, 226). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.

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How translators render G1484

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
gentiles 63
nations 35
nation 25
the gentiles 11
people 4
of the gentiles 3
to the gentiles 3
a nation 2
for the gentiles 2
gentile 2
pagans 2
the nations 2
among the nations 1
do the nations 1
o gentiles 1
of gentiles 1
of pagans 1
the god of gentiles 1
them 1
to a people 1
to gentiles 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the gentiles 52
nations 26
nation 21
of the gentiles 20
the nations 7
to the gentiles 7
gentiles 6
the heathen 5
unto the gentiles 5
of the nations 3
the nation 3
that nation 2
ye gentiles 2
of nations 1
people 1
that the gentiles 1
the people 1
to a nation 1
unto 1

Verses containing G1484

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  1. Matthew 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

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  2. Matthew 6:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

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  3. Matthew 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

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  4. Matthew 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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  5. Matthew 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

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  6. Matthew 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In His name the nations will put their hope.”

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  7. Matthew 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

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  8. Matthew 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

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  9. Matthew 21:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

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  10. Matthew 24:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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  11. Matthew 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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  12. Matthew 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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  13. Matthew 25:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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  14. Matthew 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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  15. Mark 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,

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  16. Mark 10:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

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  17. Mark 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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  18. Mark 13:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

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  19. Mark 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

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  20. Luke 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

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  21. Luke 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

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  22. Luke 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

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  23. Luke 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

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  24. Luke 21:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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  25. Luke 21:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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  26. Luke 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

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  27. Luke 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

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  28. Luke 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”

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  29. Luke 24:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

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  30. John 11:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

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  31. John 11:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

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  32. John 11:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

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  33. John 11:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

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  34. John 18:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

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  35. Acts 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

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  36. Acts 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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  37. Acts 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

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  38. Acts 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

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  39. Acts 7:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

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  40. Acts 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

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  41. Acts 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

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  42. Acts 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

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  43. Acts 10:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

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  44. Acts 10:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

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  45. Acts 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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  46. Acts 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

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  47. Acts 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

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  48. Acts 13:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

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  49. Acts 13:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

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  50. Acts 13:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

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