GENTES, gentes
Sounds Like: GHEHN-tays
Translations: peoples, nations, tribes, clans, families, races, Gentiles, heathen
From the root: GENS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: GENTES is the plural form of the Latin noun GENS. It refers to a group of people, a nation, a tribe, or a family. In a broader sense, especially in a religious or biblical context, it can refer to 'Gentiles' or 'heathen,' distinguishing non-Israelite or non-Christian peoples from the chosen people. It is used to describe collective groups rather than individuals.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, GENS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- GENS — tribe, clan, nation, people, race, family, a tribe, a clan, a nation, a people, a race, a family
- GENTEM — people, nation, tribe, clan, a people, a nation, a tribe, a clan
- GENTIBUS — (to) the nations, (to) the peoples, (to) the tribes, (to) the races, (to) the Gentiles, (by) the nations, (by) the peoples, (by) the tribes, (by) the races, (by) the Gentiles
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