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ἔθνος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 기독교 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔθνος ἔθνεος

Structure: ἐθνο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/qw

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

  • τῷ δὲ ἑβδόμῳ ἄφεσιν ποιήσεισ καὶ ἀνήσεισ αὐτήν, καὶ ἔδονται οἱ πτωχοὶ τοῦ ἔθνουσ σου, τὰ δὲ ὑπολειπόμενα ἔδεται τὰ ἄγρια θηρία. οὕτω ποιήσεισ τὸν ἀμπελῶνά σου καὶ τὸν ἐλαιῶνά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:11)
  • καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ τῇ Μαδιανίτιδι τῇ πεπληγυίᾳ Χασβί, θυγάτηρ Σοὺρ ἄρχοντοσ ἔθνουσ Ὀμμώθ, οἴκου πατριᾶσ ἐστι τῶν Μαδιάμ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 25:15)
  • εἰ ἐπείρασεν ὁ Θεὸσ εἰσελθὼν λαβεῖν ἑαυτῷ ἔθνοσ ἐκ μέσου ἔθνουσ ἐν πειρασμῷ καὶ ἐν σημείοισ καὶ ἐν τέρασι καί ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ καὶ ἐν ὁράμασι μεγάλοισ κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐνώπιόν σου βλέποντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:34)
  • καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀπὸ ἔθνουσ εἰσ ἔθνοσ καὶ ἀπὸ βασιλείασ εἰσ λαὸν ἕτερον. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 16:20)
  • ἰσχύσατε καὶ ἀνδρίζεσθε καὶ μὴ φοβηθῆτε, μηδὲ πτοηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου βασιλέωσ Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου παντὸσ τοῦ ἔθνουσ τοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι μεθ’ ἡμῶν πλείονεσ ἢ μετ’ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:7)

Synonyms

  1. group of animals

  2. country

  3. class

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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