Strong's Number 1484
Transliteration:
ethnos
{eth'-nos}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
2:364,201
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Usage in the KJV:
Gentiles 93, nation 64, heathen 5, people 2
Total: 164
Definition:
- a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together
- a company, troop, swarm
- a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus
- the human race
- a race, nation, people group
- in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles
- Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians