Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
HEA'THEN, Ps 2:1. e. villagers) is applied in the English Bible to all idolaters or to all nations except the Jews. See Gentile. It now denotes all nations except Christians, Jews and Mohammedans.
HEA'THEN, Ps 2:1. This term (from heath, one who lives on the heaths or in the woods, like pagans, i.e. villagers) is applied in the English Bible to all idolaters or to all nations except the Jews. …
HEA'THEN, Ps 2:1. e. villagers) is applied in the English Bible to all idolaters or to all nations except the Jews. See Gentile. It now denotes all nations except Christians, Jews and Mohammedans.