2001 Translation

Sounds Like: GEN-tee-boos

Translations: (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

From the root: GENS

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: GENTIBUS is the dative or ablative plural form of the Latin noun GENS. It refers to groups of people, such as clans, tribes, nations, or races. In a religious context, it often refers to non-Jewish peoples, or Gentiles. It can be used to indicate the indirect object of an action (dative) or to show means, accompaniment, or separation (ablative).

Inflection: Plural, Dative or Ablative, Feminine

Instances

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 10:2

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
• GENTES — peoples, nations, tribes, clans, families, races, Gentiles, heathen

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