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ἔθνος?

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 기독교 Transliteration: ethnos

Principal Part: ἔθνος ἔθνεος

Structure: ἐθνο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ἔθω

Sense

  1. group of people: tribe, family
  2. group of animals: flock, herd
  3. country, nation
  4. (later, in the plural) foreign nations, barbarians
  5. (Jewish and Christian usage, in the plural) gentiles, heathen
  6. class, caste

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐκ τούτων ἀφωρίσθησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ἕκαστος κατὰ γλῶσσαν ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:5)
  • οὗτοι υἱοὶ Χάμ, ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν, κατὰ γλώσσας αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:20)
  • οὗτοι υἱοὶ Σήμ, ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν, κατὰ γλώσσας αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:31)
  • Ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἡγεμόνων Ἡσαῦ ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν κατὰ τόπον αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. ἡγεμὼν Θαμνά, ἡγεμὼν Γωλά, ἡγεμὼν Ἰεθέρ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 36:40)
  • ὅτι ἀπὸ κορυφῆς ὀρέων ὄψομαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ βουνῶν προσνοήσω αὐτόν. ἰδοὺ λαὸς μόνος κατοικήσει καὶ ἐν ἔθνεσιν οὐ συλλογισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 23:9)

Synonyms

  1. group of animals

  2. country

  3. class

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