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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἔθνος ἔθνει ἔθνη
Genitive ἔθνους ἔθνοιν ἐθνέων
Dative ἔθνει ἔθνοιν ἔθνεσι(ν)
Accusative ἔθνος ἔθνει ἔθνη
Vocative ἔθνος ἔθνει ἔθνη

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

  • καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένος. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:2)
  • τὸ δὲ ἔθνος, ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσωσι, κρινῶ ἐγώ. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται ὧδε μετὰ ἀποσκευῆς πολλῆς. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:14)
  • περὶ δὲ Ἰσμαὴλ ἰδοὺ ἐπήκουσά σου. καὶ ἰδοὺ εὐλόγηκα αὐτὸν καὶ αὐξανῶ αὐτόν καὶ πληθυνῶ αὐτὸν σφόδρα. δώδεκα ἔθνη γεννήσει καὶ δώσω αὐτὸν εἰς ἔθνος μέγα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:20)
  • Ἁβραὰμ δὲ γινόμενος ἔσται εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πολύ, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:18)
  • Ἀβιμέλεχ δὲ οὐχ ἥψατο αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπε. Κύριε, ἔθνος ἀγνοοῦν καὶ δίκαιον ἀπολεῖς; (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:4)

Synonyms

  1. group of animals

  2. country

  3. class

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