Know the Word.

Greek word

éthnos

ἔθνος

What it means

a race, i.e. a tribe

a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)

Where it comes from

probably from éthō (ἔθω)

How the King James translates it

  • gentiles77
  • nations33
  • nation24
  • heathen5
  • people2

Every place it appears 141

éthnos — Greek word meaning “a race, i.e. a tribe”