STRONGS G1482:
ἐθνικός,
-ή,
-όν, (
ἔθνος);
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; Matt 6:7; and
3 John 1:7 L T Tr WH.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Matthew
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5:47; 6:7; 18:17
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3 John
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1:7