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See also gentile

1. mi brgyud/ 

   [var. mi rgyud/ ]

   Biblical: 1) ethnic group or people group: mi brgyud rnams la zhal che bsgrag proclaim justice to the nations (Mt. 12:18), mi brgyud hril po/  the whole nation (Jn. 11:50), mi brgyud dang /,,sde dang /,,mi rigs dang /,,skad rigs thams cad/  every nation, tribe, people and language (Rev. 7:9); 2) a national group of people: mi sde dang /,,skad rigs dang /,,mi brgyud dang mi rigs thams cad/  every tribe and language and people and nation (Rev. 5:9), mi sde dang mi brgyud dang skad rigs dang mi rigs thams cad kyi thog tu dbang bskur nas/  tribe, people, language and nation (Rev. 13:7); 3) the elect, the chosen people: khyed tsho 'dams pa'i mi brgyud/,,rgyal rigs kyi dge 'dun/,,mi rabs dam pa/,,dkon mchog nyid kyi mi sde yin/  a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God (1 Pet. 2:9).

2. mi sde/ 

   Biblical: 1) tribe: nga tsho'i mi sde rnams/  our nation [lit. (12) tribes] (Lk. 23:2); 2) people group, ethnic group: mi sdes bsam pa don med ci la skor/  why do the peoples plot in vain (Acts 4:25), mi sde la bka' chos bshad pa yin/  was preached among the nations (1 Tim. 3:16), khyed tsho 'dams pa'i mi brgyud/,,rgyal rigs kyi dge 'dun/,,mi rabs dam pa/,,dkon mchog nyid kyi mi sde yin/  a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God (1 Pet. 2:9), mi sde dang /,,skad rigs dang /,,mi brgyud dang mi rigs thams cad/  every tribe and language and people and nation (Rev. 5:9).

   Cognates: 1) sde khag tribe: yis ra el gyi sde khag bcu gnyis/  the twelve tribes of Israel (Mt. 19:28); 2) sde/  tribe, section: yis ra el gyi sde bcu gnyis/  the twelve tribes of Israel (Gen. 49:28), mi brgyud dang /,,sde dang /,,mi rigs dang /,,skad rigs thams cad/  every nation, tribe, people and language (Rev. 7:9).

3. mi rigs/ 

   Biblical: race, nationality, ethnic group: ka na an zer ba'i yul nang mi rigs bdun med par mdzad nas/  he overthrew seven nations in Canaan (Acts 13:19), mi brgyud dang /,,sde dang /,,mi rigs dang /,,skad rigs thams cad/  every nation, tribe, people and language (Rev. 7:9).

   Secular: ethnic, indigenous: mi rigs rang nyid kyis rang thag rang gcod/  [Tibetan] national self-determination (RRT 282 n. 19), mi rigs kyi rang bzhin ldan pa'i rig gzhung /  national (indigenous) cultures (DLP 1).

Related Terms: 1) rgyal khab/  nation in the sense of a modern national state: 'dzam gling na rgyal khab dang sa khul ,200,yas mas yod/  there are about 200 nations and territories in the world (DLS 31), rgyal khab gcig gi dka' rnyog national problems (DLP 10); 2) grangs nyung mi rigs/  minority nationalities (TDC 394); 3) mi rabs/  nation: mi rabs ma yin pa zhig gi sgo nas ngas khyed la 'gran sems skyed/  I will make you envious by those who are not a nation (Rev. 10:19 SV), mi rabs dam pa/  a holy nation (1 Pet. 2:9); 4) rigs brgyud/  nations: des rigs brgyud thams cad la lcags kyi dbyug pas dbang sgyur bar bya'o/  he will rule the nations with an iron sceptre (Rev. 12:5 SV); 5) 'dzam gling mnyam sbrel rgyal tshogs/  the United Nations (RRT 282, n. 17); 6) rgyal gnyer/  state-owned, nationalized; 7) skad rigs/  language: mi sde dang /,,skad rigs dang /,,mi brgyud dang mi rigs thams cad/  every tribe and language and people and nation (Rev. 5:9).