G1482

ἐθνικός

ethnikosG:A

Gentile-like

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)

The KJV translates G1482 in the following manner:

heathen (2x), man (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐθνικός — ethnikós

ἐθνικός, 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: Mat 18:17; plural, Mat 5:47 G L T Tr WH;; and 3Jn 1:7 L T Tr WH.

4 occurrences

Matthew (3), III John (1)