Strong's Greek #1482 - ἐθνικός, ή, όν ethnikos (national)

From ethnos; national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile -- heathen (man).

see GREEK ethnos

Strong's 1482: ἐθνικός

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; ; and 3 John 1:7 L T Tr WH.

Strong's Greek: 1482. ἐθνικός (ethnikos) — 4 Occurrences

Matthew 5:47 - Adj-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ ἐθνικοὶ τὸ αὐτὸ
NAS: [than others]? Do not even the Gentiles do
INT: also the The Gentiles the same

Matthew 6:7 - Adj-NMP
GRK: ὥσπερ οἱ ἐθνικοί δοκοῦσιν γὰρ
NAS: do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose
KJV: as the heathen [do]: for
INT: as the pagans they think indeed

Matthew 18:17 - Adj-NMS
GRK: ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ
NAS: to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
KJV: as an heathen man and
INT: as the pagan and the

3 John 1:7 - Adj-GMP
GRK: ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνικῶν
NAS: accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
INT: from the Gentiles