- Transliteration: Ethnos

- Phonetic: eth'-nos

- Definition:

1. a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together

a. a company, troop, swarm

2. a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus

a. the human family

3. a tribe, nation, people group

4. in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles

5. Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians

- Origin: probably from G1486" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1486

- TDNT entry: 08:04,2

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Probably from G1486" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1486; a race (as of the same habit) that is a tribe; specifically a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually by implication pagan): - Gentile heathen nation people.