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 · ἐθνικοὶIf you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?Matthew 6:7 · ἐθνικοί·In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.Matthew 18:17 · ἐθνικὸςIf he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.3 John 1:7 · ἐθνικῶν.because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.