the word for nation = ethnos / ethnic

the word for nation = ethnos / we get the word "ethnic"

Matthew 24:6-7   And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet ..... For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

.......... For nation shall rise against nation

..... nation = Strongs 1484   //  eynov  //  ethnos   //  eth'-nos

probably from   1486  ; TDNT - 2:364,201; n n

AV - Gentiles 93, nation 64, heathen 5, people 2; 164

1) a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together
1a) a company, troop, swarm
2) a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus
2a) the human family
3) a tribe, nation, people group
4) in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles
5) Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians

.......... For nation shall rise against nation

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