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Lexicon :: Strong's G1482 - ethnikos

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ἐθνικός
Transliteration
ethnikos (Key)
Pronunciation
eth-nee-kos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
4x in 4 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:372,201

Strong’s Definitions

ἐθνικός ethnikós, eth-nee-kos'; from G1484; national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile:—heathen (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1482 in the following manner: heathen (1x), heathen man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1482 in the following manner: heathen (1x), heathen man (1x).

  1. adapted to the genius or customs of a people, peculiar to a people, national

  2. suited to the manners or language of foreigners, strange, foreign

  3. in the NT savouring of the nature of pagans, alien to the worship of the true God, heathenish

    1. of the pagan, the Gentile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐθνικός ethnikós, eth-nee-kos'; from G1484; national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile:—heathen (man).
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:47; 6:7; 18:17
3 John
1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1482 matches the Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:47 - And if you greet only your brothers,[fn] what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:7 - “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:7 - For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
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