ἐθνικός, -ή, -όν, [in Al.: Lev.21:7 * ;] 1. national (Polyb.). 2. foreign (gramm.); in NT, as subst., ὁ ἐ., the Gentile (the adj. "describes character rather than mere position"; cf. ἔθνος, and see Cremer, 228): Mat.5:47 6:7 18:17, 3Jo.7. † (AS)
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G1482 — ἐθνικός
ethnikos · Gentile-like · Greek
4 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 5:47 · ἐθνικοὶAnd if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same ?Matthew 6:7 · ἐθνικοί·And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.Matthew 18:17 · ἐθνικὸςAnd if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.3 John 1:7 · ἐθνικῶν.because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.