What does ἔθνος · κόσμος mean in the Bible?
ἔθνος · κόσμος is a Greek phrase meaning "nations of the world, pagan peoples".
Greek · G1484, G2889
τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου
Gentiles · world
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ἔθνος G1484 Gentiles
Pronunciation éthnos
Singular form means a nation or people group; plural means non-Jewish peoples, the Gentiles.
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κόσμος G2889 world
Pronunciation kósmos
The world as an ordered system, but especially the realm of human affairs hostile to God's kingdom.
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What does τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου (ta ethnē tou kosmou) mean in the Bible?
ἔθνος · κόσμος is a Greek phrase meaning "nations of the world, pagan peoples".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1484, G2889?
G1484, G2889 is connected to 160 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. nations of the world, pagan peoples
Source Gloss
nations of the world, pagan peoples
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 160 Case pattern Genitive (52) Number pattern Plural (128)
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 6:32 · Matt 12:21 · Matt 25:32 · Luke 12:30 · Acts 4:25 · Acts 11:1 · Acts 13:48 · Acts 15:17 · Rom 2:14 · Rom 9:30 · Rom 15:11 · Rom 15:12 · Rom 15:27 · 1 Cor 12:2 · Gal 3:8 · Eph 2:11 25×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 24:7 · Mark 13:8 · Luke 21:10 · John 11:50 · John 18:35 · 1 Pet 2:9 6×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 4:15 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 20:25 · Matt 24:9 · Mark 10:42 · Luke 2:32 · Luke 21:24 · Luke 21:25 · Luke 22:25 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 9:15 · Acts 13:47 · Acts 14:2 · Acts 14:5 · Acts 15:3 · Acts 15:14 45×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter John 11:51 · John 11:52 · Acts 2:5 · Acts 10:22 · Acts 28:19 · Rev 5:9 · Rev 7:9 7×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 10:18 · Matt 12:18 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 24:14 · Mark 10:33 · Mark 11:17 · Luke 18:32 · Acts 4:27 · Acts 11:18 · Acts 14:27 · Acts 15:12 · Acts 21:19 · Acts 26:20 · Acts 26:23 · Acts 28:28 · Rom 1:5 32×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 21:43 · Acts 10:35 · Acts 24:2 · Acts 24:10 · Acts 26:4 · Rom 10:19 7×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 28:19 · Mark 13:10 · Luke 21:24 · Luke 24:47 · Acts 10:45 · Acts 13:19 · Acts 13:46 · Acts 14:16 · Acts 15:7 · Acts 18:6 · Acts 21:21 · Acts 22:21 · Rom 15:9 · Rom 15:16 · Gal 2:8 · Gal 2:9 25×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 24:7 · Mark 13:8 · Luke 7:5 · Luke 21:10 · Luke 23:2 · John 11:48 · Acts 7:7 · Acts 8:9 · Acts 17:26 · Acts 24:17 · Rev 13:7 · Rev 14:6 12×
Vocative · Plural · Neuter Rom 15:10 1×
Word Origins
τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain