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ἔθνος G1484
G1484 is the Greek word ἔθνος, transliterated éthnos. The King James Version most often renders it gentiles.
What it means
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan).
Where it comes from
probably from G1486 (ἔθω).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 141 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Verses using ἔθνος
The first 40 of 129 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 6:32 · KJV
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Matthew 10:5 · KJV
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Matthew 12:21 · KJV
And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
Matthew 20:19 · KJV
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew 20:25 · KJV
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Matthew 21:43 · KJV
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Matthew 24:7 · KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Matthew 24:9 · KJV
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Matthew 24:14 · KJV
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew 25:32 · KJV
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Matthew 28:19 · KJV
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mark 10:42 · KJV
But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
Mark 11:17 · KJV
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Mark 13:8 · KJV
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Luke 2:32 · KJV
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Luke 7:5 · KJV
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
Luke 12:30 · KJV
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Luke 18:32 · KJV
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Luke 21:10 · KJV
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
Luke 21:24 · KJV
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Luke 21:25 · KJV
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 22:25 · KJV
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Luke 23:2 · KJV
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Luke 24:47 · KJV
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
John 11:50 · KJV
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John 11:52 · KJV
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
John 18:35 · KJV
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
Acts 2:5 · KJV
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Acts 4:25 · KJV
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Acts 4:27 · KJV
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts 7:7 · KJV
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Acts 7:45 · KJV
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Acts 8:9 · KJV
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Acts 9:15 · KJV
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts 10:22 · KJV
And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
Acts 10:35 · KJV
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts 10:45 · KJV
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 11:1 · KJV
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts 11:18 · KJV
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Acts 13:19 · KJV
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Common questions
What does Strong's G1484 mean?
G1484 is the Greek word ἔθνος (éthnos), meaning a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan).
How is G1484 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it gentiles (75 times), nations (33 times), nation (23 times), heathen (5 times), people (2 times), among others.
How many times does G1484 appear in the Bible?
ἔθνος (éthnos) is tagged in 129 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G1484 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from G1486 (ἔθω).
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