2001 Translation

ETHNĒ, ethnē

Sounds Like: ETH-nay

Translations: nations, peoples, Gentiles

From the root: ἘΘΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to groups of people, tribes, or nations. In a biblical context, especially in the New Testament, it often refers to non-Israelite peoples, commonly translated as 'Gentiles'. It can be used generally to mean any group of people.

Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative

Strong’s number: G1484 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 9:5, 12:11, 13:2, 16:2

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:1, 4:49, 9:10

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 29:2, 36:4, 59:3, 59:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:172, 12:132
• Book Two — 12:132

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 5:121, 6:122, 6:126, 6:128, 10:191, 13:235, 18:257
• Book 5 — 1:88, 6:224
• Book 6 — 14:351
• Book 7 — 4:74
• Book 8 — 6:161
• Book 9 — 14:279
• Book 10 — 1:15, 9:163, 9:182
• Book 11 — 2:19, 4:88, 5:161, 5:180, 6:186, 6:187, 6:215
• Book 12 — 6:269, 6:278, 8:327
• Book 13 — 6:195, 6:200
• Book 17 — 8:198
• Book 19 — 7:328

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 16:29, 16:34
• Book Three — 1:3

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 50:1, 53:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:4
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 11:3, 12:1, 13:2, 13:3, 13:8, 14:4, 17:1, 21:1, 24:3, 25:5, 26:1, 26:3, 28:3, 29:1, 31:4, 34:4, 34:6, 37:1, 50:5, 52:1, 52:4, 64:6, 83:4, 85:3, 91:1, 91:3, 95:1, 109:1, 109:2, 115:1, 117:4, 119:3, 119:4, 120:1, 121:1, 122:5, 122:6, 123:1, 126:6, 130:1, 130:2, 130:4, 131:1, 135:2

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 10:44

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 13:3

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 1:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 10:32, 14:5, 17:6, 17:16, 17:20, 18:18, 22:18, 25:23, 26:4, 27:29, 35:11
• Exodus — 15:14, 23:18, 23:27, 33:16, 34:24
• Leviticus — 18:24, 26:33
• Numbers — 14:15, 24:8
• Deuteronomy — 4:38, 7:1, 7:6, 7:7, 7:14, 7:22, 8:20, 9:1, 9:4, 10:15, 11:23, 12:29, 12:30, 17:14, 18:14, 19:1, 28:1, 28:10, 28:64, 29:24, 31:3, 32:8, 32:43, 33:17, 33:19
• Joshua — 4:24, 23:4, 23:7, 23:9, 23:13, 24:18
• Judges — 2:23, 3:1
• 1 Samuel — 8:5, 8:20
• 2 Samuel — 7:23
• 2 Kings — 17:11, 17:26, 17:29, 17:41, 19:17, 21:9
• 1 Chronicles — 14:17, 17:21
• 2 Chronicles — 33:9
• Ezra (Alpha) — 5:49, 5:69, 8:66, 8:67
• Nehemiah — 6:16
• Esther — 3:8, 4:11, 10:3
• Judith — 1:6, 3:8
• Tobit — 13:6, 13:11, 13:11, 14:6, 14:6, 14:7
• 1 Maccabees — 1:42, 2:12, 2:18, 2:19, 2:40, 2:44, 3:10, 3:25, 3:48, 3:52, 4:11, 4:14, 4:45, 4:54, 4:60, 5:1, 5:9, 5:10, 5:19, 5:21, 5:38, 5:43, 5:57, 7:23, 12:53, 13:6, 14:36
• 2 Maccabees — 1:27, 8:9, 14:14
• 3 Maccabees — 3:15, 6:13, 7:4
• Psalms — 2:1, 2:8, 9:16, 9:18, 9:20, 9:21, 9:37, 43:3, 45:7, 46:2, 46:4, 46:9, 48:2, 58:6, 58:9, 64:8, 65:7, 65:8, 66:5, 67:31, 71:11, 71:17, 77:55, 78:1, 78:6, 79:9, 85:9, 93:10, 101:16, 105:34, 112:4, 113:10, 116:1, 117:10, 134:10
• Psalms of Solomon — 1:8, 2:2, 2:20, 8:14, 8:36, 9:17, 17:4, 17:16, 17:27, 17:31, 17:34, 17:38
• Odes — 1:14, 2:8, 2:43, 6:6, 6:12, 9:37
• Proverbs — 24:39, 29:9
• Job — 12:23, 40:25
• Wisdom — 3:8, 8:14
• Sirach — 4:15, 33:2, 33:3, 39:10, 39:23, 44:21, 46:6
• Isaiah — 2:2, 2:3, 8:9, 10:7, 11:10, 11:12, 14:2, 14:12, 14:26, 16:8, 17:13, 25:7, 30:28, 33:3, 33:12, 34:1, 34:2, 37:26, 40:15, 40:17, 41:5, 42:4, 43:9, 45:1, 49:1, 49:22, 51:5, 52:15, 54:3, 55:5, 60:2, 60:3, 60:12, 62:2, 62:10, 64:2, 66:18, 66:19
• Jeremiah — 1:5, 1:10, 2:11, 3:17, 3:19, 4:2, 4:7, 4:16, 6:18, 6:22, 9:26, 10:25, 16:19, 22:8, 25:9, 25:14, 26:12, 28:7, 28:20, 28:27, 28:28, 28:44, 28:58, 29:15, 32:1, 32:3, 38:10, 43:2
• Lamentations — 1:10
• Ezekiel — 11:16, 19:4, 19:8, 20:32, 25:8, 26:2, 26:3, 27:33, 29:15, 30:23, 30:26, 31:16, 32:9, 32:10, 32:18, 35:10, 36:5, 36:7, 36:19, 36:20, 36:23, 36:36, 37:22, 37:28, 38:6, 38:9, 38:15, 38:16, 38:22, 39:4, 39:7, 39:21, 39:23
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:37
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:2, 3:4, 3:7, 3:37, 7:14, 11:37
• Amos — 9:12
• Micah — 4:2, 4:3, 4:11, 7:16
• Joel — 2:17, 3:2, 3:11, 3:12
• Obadiah — 1:1, 1:15
• Nahum — 3:4
• Habakkuk — 1:17, 2:5, 2:8, 2:13, 3:6, 3:12
• Haggai — 2:7
• Zechariah — 1:15, 1:21, 2:8, 2:11, 7:14, 8:22, 12:3, 12:9, 14:2, 14:18
• Malachi — 2:9, 3:12

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 11 — 1:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 4 — 1:4
• Parable 9 — 17:2, 17:4, 28:8

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 6:32, 12:21, 25:32, 28:19
• Mark — 13:10
• Luke — 12:30, 21:24, 24:47
• Acts — 4:25, 10:45, 11:1, 13:19, 13:46, 13:48, 14:16, 15:7, 15:17, 18:6, 21:21, 22:21
• Romans — 2:14, 9:30, 15:9, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:16, 15:27, 16:26
• 1 Corinthians — 12:2
• Galatians — 2:8, 2:9, 2:14, 3:8, 3:14
• Ephesians — 2:11, 3:6, 4:17
• 1 Thessalonians — 4:5
• 2 Timothy — 4:17
• Revelation — 11:18, 12:5, 14:8, 15:4, 17:15, 18:3, 18:23, 19:15, 20:3, 20:8, 21:24

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 1:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΘΝΟΣ.

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.

• ἘΘΝΟΣ — nation, a nation, people, a people, Gentiles, a Gentile
• ΤΟΥἘΘΝΟΥΣ — of the nation, of the people, of the Gentiles, of the race

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