The word gentile is an anglicised version of the Latin word gentilis, meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe. In the
King James Version of the Bible it is used to refer to non-Israelite tribes or nations, as an English translation of the Hebrew words
goy/גוי and
nochri/נכרי. It is also used to translate
New Testament Greek word εθνοι/
ethnoi. Today, the primary meaning of gentile is non-Jew.
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