Heathen /(hē"th'n; 277)/

Hea·then

Heathen

n.

pl. Heathens, Heathen ((-th'nz))

  1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.
  2. An irreligious person.
    If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.
    — V. Knox.
    Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance.
    — Ps. ii. 8.

Phrases & Compounds
The heathen
as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

Heathen

a.
  1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.
  2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
  3. Irreligious; scoffing.