Word Study · Strong's G1484 · Greek
ἔθνος
ethnos
eth'-nos
Strong's 1890 spelling: éthnos
“a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
Rendered in the KJV as
Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
- 161occurrencesin the New Testament
- 16 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 161 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- ἔθνη39
- ἐθνῶν31
- ἔθνεσιν21
- ἔθνος16
- ἐθνῶν,8
- ἔθνει7
- ἔθνη,7
- ἔθνους6
- ἔθνεσιν,4
- ἔθνη.4
- ἐθνῶν.4
- ἔθνεσιν·3
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 33
- Gentiles47
- nation23
- nations22
- [the] Gentiles9
- Gentiles,7
- Gentiles.5
- of [the] Gentiles5
- Gentiles —4
- nations.4
- a nation3
- nations;3
- [the] Gentiles,2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural46
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural32
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural25
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural24
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular12
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular7
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular7
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular6
- noun · vocative (address) · neuter plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GPN · 46
- N-DPN · 32
- N-APN · 25
- N-NPN · 24
- N-ASN · 12
- N-DSN · 7
- N-GSN · 7
- N-NSN · 6
- N-VPN · 2
All 161, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Acts43 of 161 · 27%
- Romans28 of 161 · 17%
- Revelation23 of 161 · 14%
- Matthew15 of 161 · 9%
- Luke13 of 161 · 8%
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew15 occurrences
- Matthew 4:15ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—here: Gentiles —
- Matthew 6:32ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralFor the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.here: Gentiles
- Matthew 10:5ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThese twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.here: of the Gentiles
- Matthew 10:18ἔθνεσιν.ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralOn My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.here: Gentiles.
- Matthew 12:18ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural“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.here: Gentiles
- Matthew 12:21ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralIn His name the nations will put their hope.”here: [the] Gentiles
- Matthew 20:19ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraland 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.”here: Gentiles
- Matthew 20:25ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralBut 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.here: Gentiles
- Matthew 21:43ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularTherefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.here: to a people
- Matthew 24:7ἔθνοςethnosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.here: nation
- Matthew 24:7ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.here: nation
- Matthew 24:9ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThen they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.here: nations
- Matthew 24:14ἔθνεσιν·ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralAnd this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.here: nations;
- Matthew 25:32ἔθνη,ethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralAll 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.here: nations,
- Matthew 28:19ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralTherefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,here: nations
Mark6 occurrences
- Mark 10:33ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural“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,here: Gentiles
- Mark 10:42ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralSo 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.here: Gentiles
- Mark 11:17ἔθνεσιν;ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralThen 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.’”here: nations’?
- Mark 13:8ἔθνοςethnosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNation 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.here: nation
- Mark 13:8ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularNation 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.here: nation
- Mark 13:10ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAnd the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.here: nations
Luke13 occurrences
- Luke 2:32ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plurala light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”here: of [the] Gentiles
- Luke 7:5ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularfor he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”here: nation
- Luke 12:30ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralFor the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.here: nations
- Luke 18:32ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralHe will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.here: Gentiles
- Luke 21:10ἔθνοςethnosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularThen He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.here: nation
- Luke 21:10ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.here: nation
- Luke 21:24ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThey 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.here: nations
- Luke 21:24ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThey 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.here: [the] Gentiles
- Luke 21:24ἐθνῶν.ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThey 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.here: of [the] Gentiles.
- Luke 21:25ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThere 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.here: of nations
- Luke 22:25ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralSo Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.here: Gentiles
- Luke 23:2ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd 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.”here: nation
- Luke 24:47ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraland in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.here: nations
John5 occurrences
- John 11:48ἔθνος.¶ethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularIf 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.”here: nation.
- John 11:50ἔθνοςethnosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularYou do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”here: nation
- John 11:51ἔθνους,ethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularCaiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,here: nation,
- John 11:52ἔθνουςethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularand not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.here: nation
- John 18:35ἔθνοςethnosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”here: nation
Acts43 occurrences
- Acts 2:5ἔθνουςethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularNow there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.here: nation
- Acts 4:25ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralYou 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?here: [the] Gentiles
- Acts 4:27ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralIn 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.here: [the] Gentiles
- Acts 7:7ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singular‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’here: nation
- Acts 7:45ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAnd 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,here: nations
- Acts 8:9ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularPrior 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,here: people
- Acts 9:15ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural“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.here: Gentiles
- Acts 10:22ἔθνουςethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular“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.”here: nation
- Acts 10:35ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularbut welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.here: nation
- Acts 10:45ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAll the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.here: Gentiles
- Acts 11:1ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThe apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.here: Gentiles
- Acts 11:18ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralWhen they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”here: Gentiles
- Acts 13:19ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAnd having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.here: nations
- Acts 13:46ἔθνη.ethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen 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.here: Gentiles.
- Acts 13:47ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralFor 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.’”here: of [the] Gentiles
- Acts 13:48ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralWhen the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.here: Gentiles
- Acts 14:2ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralBut the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.here: Gentiles
- Acts 14:5ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralBut when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,here: Gentiles
- Acts 14:16ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralIn past generations, He let all nations go their own way.here: nations
- Acts 14:27ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralWhen they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.here: Gentiles
- Acts 15:3ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralSent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.here: Gentiles
- Acts 15:7ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAfter much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.here: Gentiles
- Acts 15:12ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralThe whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.here: Gentiles
- Acts 15:14ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralSimon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.here: [the] Gentiles
- Acts 15:17ἔθνη,ethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralso that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these thingshere: Gentiles,
- Acts 15:19ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralIt is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.here: Gentiles
- Acts 15:23ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraland sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.here: the Gentiles
- Acts 17:26ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularFrom one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.here: nation
- Acts 18:6ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralBut when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”here: Gentiles
- Acts 21:11ἐθνῶν.ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralComing over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”here: of [the] Gentiles.
- Acts 21:19ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralPaul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.here: Gentiles
- Acts 21:21ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralBut they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.here: Gentiles
- Acts 21:25ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAs for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”here: of the Gentiles
- Acts 22:21ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”here: [the] Gentiles
- Acts 24:2ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularWhen Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.here: nation
- Acts 24:10ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularWhen the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.here: to nation
- Acts 24:17ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAfter several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.here: nation
- Acts 26:4ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularSurely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.here: nation
- Acts 26:17ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralI will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themhere: Gentiles,
- Acts 26:20ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralFirst to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.here: Gentiles
- Acts 26:23ἔθνεσιν.¶ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralthat the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”here: Gentiles.
- Acts 28:19ἔθνουςethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularBut when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.here: nation
- Acts 28:28ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralBe advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”here: Gentiles
Romans28 occurrences
- Romans 1:5ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralThrough Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.here: Gentiles
- Romans 1:13ἔθνεσιν.ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralI do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.here: Gentiles.
- Romans 2:14ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralIndeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.here: Gentiles
- Romans 2:24ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralAs it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”here: Gentiles
- Romans 3:29ἐθνῶν;ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralIs God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,here: of Gentiles?
- Romans 3:29ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralIs God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,here: of Gentiles,
- Romans 4:17ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAs it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.here: nations
- Romans 4:18ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAgainst all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”here: nations
- Romans 9:24ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralincluding us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?here: [the] Gentiles,
- Romans 9:30ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralWhat then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;here: Gentiles
- Romans 10:19ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularI ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”here: a nation
- Romans 10:19ἔθνειethneinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularI ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”here: a nation
- Romans 11:11ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralI ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.here: Gentiles
- Romans 11:12ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralBut if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!here: of [the] Gentiles,
- Romans 11:13ἔθνεσιν·ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralI am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministryhere: Gentiles;
- Romans 11:13ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralI am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministryhere: of [the] Gentiles
- Romans 11:25ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralI do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.here: Gentiles
- Romans 15:9ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralso that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”here: the Gentiles
- Romans 15:9ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralso that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”here: [the] Gentiles
- Romans 15:10ἔθνηethnēnoun · vocative (address) · neuter pluralAgain, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”here: Gentiles
- Romans 15:11ἔθνηethnēnoun · vocative (address) · neuter pluralAnd again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”here: Gentiles
- Romans 15:12ἐθνῶν,ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAnd once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”here: over Gentiles,
- Romans 15:12ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralAnd once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”here: [the] Gentiles
- Romans 15:16ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.here: Gentiles
- Romans 15:16ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.here: Gentiles
- Romans 15:18ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralI will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,here: of [the] Gentiles
- Romans 15:27ἔθνη,ethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThey were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.here: Gentiles,
- Romans 16:4ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralwho have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.here: Gentiles —
1 Corinthians3 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 1:23ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralbut we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,here: to Gentiles
- 1 Corinthians 5:1ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralIt is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.here: pagans
- 1 Corinthians 12:2ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralYou know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.here: pagans
Galatians10 occurrences
- Galatians 1:16ἔθνεσιν,ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralto reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,here: Gentiles,
- Galatians 2:2ἔθνεσιν,ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralI went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.here: Gentiles —
- Galatians 2:8ἔθνη,ethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralFor the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.here: Gentiles —
- Galatians 2:9ἔθνη,ethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAnd recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.here: Gentiles,
- Galatians 2:12ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralFor before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.here: Gentiles
- Galatians 2:14ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralWhen I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”here: Gentiles
- Galatians 2:15ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralWe who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”here: [the] Gentiles
- Galatians 3:8ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThe Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”here: Gentiles
- Galatians 3:8ἔθνη.ethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThe Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”here: nations.
- Galatians 3:14ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralHe redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.here: Gentiles
Ephesians5 occurrences
- Ephesians 2:11ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralTherefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—here: Gentiles
- Ephesians 3:1ἐθνῶν·ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralFor this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...here: Gentiles..;
- Ephesians 3:6ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThis mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.here: Gentiles
- Ephesians 3:8ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralThough I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,here: Gentiles
- Ephesians 4:17ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralSo I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.here: Gentiles
1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralhindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.here: Gentiles
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralnot in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;here: Gentiles
1 Timothy2 occurrences
- 1 Timothy 2:7ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralFor this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.here: of [the] Gentiles
- 1 Timothy 3:16ἔθνεσιν,ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralBy common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.here: [the] nations,
1 Peter3 occurrences
- 1 Peter 2:9ἔθνοςethnosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularBut you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.here: a nation
- 1 Peter 2:12ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralConduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.here: Gentiles
- 1 Peter 4:3ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralFor you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.here: Gentiles
Revelation23 occurrences
- Revelation 2:26ἐθνῶν·ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAnd to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.here: nations;
- Revelation 5:9ἔθνουςethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.here: nation
- Revelation 7:9ἔθνουςethnousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAfter this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.here: nation
- Revelation 10:11ἔθνεσινethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralAnd they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”here: nations
- Revelation 11:2ἔθνεσιν·ethnesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluralBut exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.here: nations;
- Revelation 11:9ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralFor three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.here: nations
- Revelation 11:18ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThe nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”here: nations
- Revelation 12:5ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAnd she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.here: nations
- Revelation 13:7ἔθνος.ethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.here: nation.
- Revelation 14:6ἔθνοςethnosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.here: nation
- Revelation 14:8ἔθνη.¶ethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralThen a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”here: Gentiles.
- Revelation 15:3ἐθνῶν.ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraland they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!here: nations!
- Revelation 15:4ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralWho will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”here: nations
- Revelation 16:19ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralThe great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.here: nations
- Revelation 17:15ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThen the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.here: nations
- Revelation 18:3ἔθνη,ethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralAll the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”here: nations,
- Revelation 18:23ἔθνη.ethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralThe light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”here: nations.
- Revelation 19:15ἔθνη.ethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAnd from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.here: nations.
- Revelation 20:3ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluralAnd he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.here: nations
- Revelation 20:8ἔθνηethnēnoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraland will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.here: nations
- Revelation 21:24ἔθνηethnēnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralBy its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.here: nations
- Revelation 21:26ἐθνῶνethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralAnd into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.here: nations
- Revelation 22:2ἐθνῶν.ethnōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraldown the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.here: nations.