Words the Bible translates as nations
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ethnosἔθνοςa people group bound together as a body: a nation; in the plural and from a Jewish vantage point, the other nations, that is, the Gentiles
- ummahאֻמָּהa nation: one distinct people, marked out by descent and homeland, among the many that a world empire rules
- ummahאֻמָּהa people group held together by common descent: a clan-sized branch of one family, or a whole people among the peoples of the world
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