adjective

ethnikos

Greekἐθνικός (ethnikos)

Strong’sG1482

pagan, heathen, gentile; a Gentile, non-Jew

stem ethnik-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

gentiles2×gentile1×pagans1×

What it means

**† ἐθνικός, -ή, -όν, (< ἔθνος), [in Al.: Le 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 v. Cremer, 228): Mt 5:47 6:7 18:17, III Jo 7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1482 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saideth-nee-kos'

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

Fromfrom G1484;

King Jamesheathen (man).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	ethnikos1×ἐθνικὸς	ethnikas	ethnikem	ethnikois2×ἐθνικοὶ	ethnikais	ethnikeim
object accusative	ethnikon	ethnikan		ethnikoin	ethnikain
direct address vocative	ethnikor	ethnikar		ethnikoir	ethnikair
of, belonging to genitive	ethnikou	ethnikau	ethnikeu	ethnikoiu1×ἐθνικῶν	ethnikaiu	ethnikeiu
to, for dative	ethniko	ethnika	ethnike	ethnikoi	ethnikai	ethnikei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ethnikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ethnik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

ethnikos“gentile”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 18:17“gentile”ean de parakouateia autoiu, legasar ta ekklēsa; ean de kai tau ekklēsau parakouateia, atōr si hōsper tos ethnikos kai tos telōnos.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.

ethnikois“gentiles”subjectnominative plural2×

Matthew 5:47“gentiles”kai ean aspazeveia toin adelfoin vu monem, tinem perissem poiavō? ouchi kai tois ethnikois tem autem poialō?And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

Matthew 6:7“gentiles”Proseucherōtois de mē battalogaveia hōsper tois ethnikois, dokalō gar hoti en ta polulogia autoiu eisakouili;And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

ethnikoiu“pagans”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

3 John 1:7“pagans”huper gar teu onomeu exerchala mēdenem lambarōtois apo toiu ethnikoiu.For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.