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ἐθνικός

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Gloss: Gentile-like

Transliteration: ethnikos

Strong’s: G1482

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)

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