Dictionary entry

ἐθνικός

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

**† 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.†