ἔθνος
ethnos
Nation, people, or Gentile group; meaning depends on context.
- Pronunciation
- éth-nos (approximate Koine)Pronunciation is approximate and may vary by period, dialect, and scholarly reconstruction.
- Morphology
- neuter noun, third declension
- Semantic range
- nation
- people
- Gentile group
- ethnic community
Corpus usage
- Meaning varies between political nations, peoples, and non-Jewish groups.
Common interpretive errors
- Assuming a modern nation-state is always intended.
- Equating the term automatically with a modern people-group taxonomy.