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GreekG1482Adjective

ἐθνικός

ethnikos

4Occurrences
G1482Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile

from G1484 (ἔθνος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.national .
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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἐθνικός appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
3
3 John
1

Key Passages

3 John 1:7BSB

For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

Matthew 18:17BSB

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 5:47BSB

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

Matthew 6:7BSB

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.