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ἐθνικός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἐθνικός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration: 
ethnikos
Simplified transliteration: 
ethnikos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1482
GK Number: 
1618
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(2a)
Gloss: 
pagan, Gentile
Definition: 
national;, in NT Gentile, heathen, not Israelites, Mt. 5:47; 6:7; 18:17; 3 Jn. 7*

Greek-English Concordance for ἐθνικός

Matthew 5:47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the Gentiles (ethnikoi | ἐθνικοί | nom pl masc) do the same?
Matthew 6:7 “And when you are praying, do not babble on, as the Gentiles (ethnikoi | ἐθνικοί | nom pl masc) do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, you are to treat him as a pagan (ethnikos | ἐθνικός | nom sg masc) and a tax collector.
3 John 1:7 because they set out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from nonbelievers (ethnikōn | ἐθνικῶν | gen pl masc).