Quick Definition
ἐθνικός, ή, όν Adj pagan, heathen, gentile; a Gentile, non-Jew
Strong's Definition
from 1484; national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile
KJV Usage: heathen (man)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐθνικός, -ἡ, -όν, (ἔθνος. ; 1. adapted to the genius or customs of a people, peculiar to a people, national : Polyb., Diod., al. 2. suited to the manners or language of foreigners, strange, foreign; so in the grammarians {ef. our
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐθνικός ethnikos 4x
national; in NT Gentile, heathen, not Israelites, Mt. 5:47; 6:7; 18:17; 3 Jn. 7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† ἐθνικός, -ή, -όν, (< ἔθνος), [in Al.: Le 21:7 * ;]
national (Polyb.).
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.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐθνικός. In the late P Oxy I. 126᾽3 (a.p. 572) ἐθνικός is used of a ‘‘collector” of taxes, a sense not found elsewhere. In MGr the adj. means ‘‘ national.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐθνικός (ethnikos) — Gentile-like. ἐθν-ικός, ή, όν, national, συστάσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. foreign, gentile, [NT] adverb -κῶς, opposed to Ἰουδαϊκῶς[NT]
II. b in the Roman Empire, provincial, Codex Just.[Refs]
III. Grammars, indicating nationality, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] adverb -κῶς, παραχθέν[Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2. dialectal, ἔθος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. ἐθνικός, ὁ, tax-collector, [Refs 6th c.AD+]