Definitions for: Heathen

[n] a person who does not acknowledge your God
[adj] not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Webster (1913) Definition: Hea"then (?; 277), n.; pl. Heathensor collectively
Heathen. [OE. hethen, AS. h??en, prop. an adj. fr. h??
heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or
on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus
village); akin to OS. h??in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G.
heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. hei?inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth.
haipn?, n. fem. See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.]
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.

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

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
thine inheritance. --Ps. ii. 8.

Syn: Pagan; gentile. See Pagan.

Hea"then, a.
1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. ``The heathen
philosopher.'' ``All in gold, like heathen gods.'' --Shak.

2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.

3. Irreligious; scoffing.

Synonyms: gentile, heathenish, infidel, irreligious, pagan, pagan

See Also: idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser, idolizer, nonreligious person, paynim

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