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ἔθνος
éthnos · Greek · Strong's G1484 · 162 occurrences
The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “people”
What it means
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
probably from G1486 (ἔθω);
How the KJV renders it
gentile, heathen, nation, people
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“people”
“gentile”
also renders Héllēn (G1672)
“heathen”
also renders ethnikós (G1482)
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
Where it appears
162 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:23 N-DPN1 Corinthians 5:1 N-DPN1 Corinthians 12:2 N-NPN1 Peter 2:9 N-NSN1 Peter 2:12 N-DPN1 Peter 4:3 N-GPN1 Thessalonians 2:16 N-DPN1 Thessalonians 4:5 N-NPN1 Timothy 2:7 N-GPN1 Timothy 3:16 N-DPN2 Corinthians 11:26 N-GPN2 Timothy 4:17 N-NPNActs 2:5 N-GSNActs 4:25 N-NPNActs 4:27 N-DPNActs 7:7 N-ASNActs 7:45 N-GPNActs 8:9 N-ASNActs 9:15 N-GPNActs 10:22 N-GSNActs 10:35 N-DSNActs 10:45 N-APNActs 11:1 N-NPNActs 11:18 N-DPNActs 13:19 N-APNActs 13:46 N-APNActs 13:47 N-GPNActs 13:48 N-NPNActs 14:2 N-GPNActs 14:5 N-GPNActs 14:16 N-APNActs 14:27 N-DPNActs 15:3 N-GPNActs 15:7 N-APNActs 15:12 N-DPNActs 15:14 N-GPNActs 15:17 N-NPNActs 15:19 N-GPNActs 15:23 N-GPNActs 17:26 N-ASNActs 18:6 N-APNActs 21:11 N-GPNActs 21:19 N-DPNActs 21:21 N-APNActs 21:25 N-GPNActs 22:21 N-APNActs 24:3 N-DSNActs 24:10 N-DSNActs 24:17 N-ASNActs 26:4 N-DSNActs 26:17 N-GPNActs 26:20 N-DPNActs 26:23 N-DPNActs 28:19 N-GSNActs 28:28 N-DPNColossians 1:27 N-DPNEphesians 2:11 N-NPNEphesians 3:1 N-GPNEphesians 3:6 N-APNEphesians 3:8 N-DPN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.