King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G1482
Transliteration: ethnikos
Phonetic Spelling: (eth-nee-kos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: national, foreign, a Gentile
Meaning: national -- foreign, a Gentile
ἐθνικός, ἐθνικη, ἐθνικον (ethnos);
Word Summary
ethnikos: national, foreign, a Gentile
Original Word: ἐθνικόςTransliteration: ethnikos
Phonetic Spelling: (eth-nee-kos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: national, foreign, a Gentile
Meaning: national -- foreign, a Gentile
Strong's Concordance
a GentileFrom ethnos; national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile -- heathen (man).
see GREEK ethnos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1482: ἐθνικόςἐθνικός, ἐθνικη, ἐθνικον (ethnos);
1. adapted to the genius or customs of a people, peculiar to a people, national: Polybius, Diodorus, others.
2. suited to the manners or language of foreigners, strange, foreign; so in the grammarians (cf. our 'gentile'].
3. in the N. T. savoring of the nature of pagans, alien to the worship of the true God, heathenish; substantively, ὁ ἐθνικός, the pagan, the Gentile: Matthew 18:17; plural, Matthew 5:47 G L T Tr WH;