ἔθνος
éthnos
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from G1486 (ἔθω);
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
- a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe
- specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gentile, heathen, nation, people
Usage
165 occurrences · 0 OT · 165 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the gentiles46 · 28%
- nations26 · 16%
- nation22 · 13%
- of the gentiles20 · 12%
- gentiles8 · 5%
- the nations7 · 4%
- to the gentiles6 · 4%
- the heathen5 · 3%
- unto the gentiles4 · 2%
- the nation3 · 2%
- that the gentiles3 · 2%
- of the nations3 · 2%
- do the gentiles1 · 1%
- to a nation1 · 1%
- over the gentiles1 · 1%
- of nations1 · 1%
- the people1 · 1%
- when the gentiles1 · 1%
- own nation1 · 1%
- from the gentiles1 · 1%
- then to the gentiles1 · 1%
- people1 · 1%
- is come unto the gentiles1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.