STEP Greek Lexicon: ἐθνικός

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)