Meaning
Nation <1,,1484, ethnos>
originally "a multitude," denotes (a) "a nation" or "people," e.g., Mat 24:7, Act 10:35; the Jewish people, e.g., Luk 7:5, Luk 23:2, Joh 11:48, Joh 1:11-52, Act 10:22, Act 24:2, Act 24:10, Act 24:17; in Mat 21:43, the reference is to Israel in its restored condition; (b) in the plural, "the nations" as distinct from Israel. See GENTILES.
<2,,1085, genos>
"a race:" see KIND (Noun).
<3,,246, allophulos>
"foreign, of another race" (allos, "another," phulon, "a tribe"), is used in Act 10:28, "one of another nation."
Note: For Phi 2:15, genea (AV, "nation," RV, "generation"), see AGE.
