Библейское слово «ἔθνος» в греческих словарях

ἔθνος, εος τό

1) общество, группа, толпа, часто описательно: Ἀχαιῶν ~ Hom. = Ἀχαιοί; βροτὸν, βρότεον или θνατὸν ~ Pind. = βροτοί, ἄνθρωποι; ~ ἀνέρων Pind. = ἄνδρες;

2) класс, сословие (ῥαψῳδῶν Xen.; δημιουργικόν Plat.; ἱερέων Arst.);

3) пол (τὸ ~ τὸ θῆλυ ἢ τὸ ἄρρεν Xen.);

4) племя (τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔθνη Arst.);

5) народность, народ (τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ~ Her.);

6) pl. языческие племена, язычники (οὐ μόνον ἐξ Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν NT);

7) род, вид, порода (θηρίων ἀγρίων ἔθνη Soph.; ἰχθύων ~ καὶ τὸ τῶν ὀστρέων Plat.);

8) стая, стадо, рой (ὀρνίθων, μελισσάων Hom.).

ἔθνος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ;]
1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.).
2. a nation, people: Mat.21:43; 24:7, Mrk.13:8, Luk.22:25, Act.10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Luk.7:5; 23:2, Jhn.11:48, 50-53; 18:35, Act.10:22; 24:3, 10; 26:4; 28:19.
3. In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם), the nations, as distinct from Israel, Gentiles: Mat.4:15; 6:32, Act.26:17, Rom.3:29; 11:11; 15:10, Gal.2:8, al.; of Gentile Christians, Rom.11:13; 15:27; 16:4, Gal.2:12, 14, Eph.3:1.
SYN.: λαός (see DCG, ii, 229; Cremer, 226). (AS) Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0

ἔθνος, εος, τό:
(ϝέθνος,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: - number of people living together, company, body of men, ἑτάρων ἔ., ἔ. ἑταίρων, band of comrades, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔθνος λαῶν host of men, [Refs]; of particular tribes, Αυκίων μέγα ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, ἔ. μελισσάων, ὀρνίθων, μυιάων, swarms, flocks, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. ἀνέρων, γυναικῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. βρότεον, θνατόν, [Refs]; ἔ. τόδε, of the Erinyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+], nation, people, τὸ Μηδικὸν ἔ. (γένος being a subdivision of ἔθνος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. ἠπειρογενές, μαχαιροφόρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b later, τὰ ἔ. foreign, barbarous nations, opposed to Ἕλληνες, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔ. νομάδων, of Bedawîn, [Refs]; at Athens, athletic clubs of non-Athenians, [Refs], non-Jews,[LXX+NT]
2.c at Rome, = provinciae, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: so in singular, province, ὁ τυραννήσας τοῦ ἔθνους [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἔθνους the governor of the province, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
3 class of men, caste, tribe, τὸ Θετταλῶν.. πενεστικὸν ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶσθά τι ἔ. ἠλιθιώτερον ῥαψῳδῶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δημιουργικὸν ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱερὰ ἔ. the orders of priests, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; trade-associations or guilds, ἔθνη καὶ ἐργαστήρια [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; class in respect to rank or station, οὐ πρὸς τοῦτο βλέποντες.. ὅπως.. ἕν τι ἔ. ἔσται διαφερόντως εὔδαιμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4 sex, θῆλυ, ἄρρεν ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5 part, member, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II of a single person, a relation, [Refs 5th c.BC+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0