Gentile

The term Gentile (from Latin gentilis , by the French "gentil", female: "gentille", meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe) refers to non- Israelite tribes or nations in English translations of the Bible , most notably the King James Version . It serves as the Latin and subsequently English translation of the Hebrew words גוי ( goy ) and נכרי ( nokhri ) in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek word ἔθνη ( éthnē ) in the New Testament . Today, the primary meaning of gentile is non-Jew .

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) History Communities Population Denominations Orthodox Modern Haredi Hasidic Reform Conservative Karaite Reconstructionist Renewal Science Haymanot Humanistic Culture Languages Hebrew Biblical Mishnaic Medieval Modern Bukharian Ghardaïa Sign Jewish Koine Greek Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Aramaic Judeo-Berber Judeo-Gascon Judaeo-Georgian Judaeo-Iranian Judeo-Italian Judeo-Malayalam Judaeo-Spanish Judeo-Tat Knaanic Shassi Yeshivish Yevanic Yiddish Zarphatic Politics Category Portal v t e Gentile (from Latin [ gentilis ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup ( help ) , by the French gentil , feminine: gentille , meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe ) is an ethnonym that commonly means non–Jew . Other groups that claim Israelite heritage sometimes use the term to describe outsiders. The term is used by English translators for the Hebrew גוי ( goy ) and נכרי ( nokhri ) in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek word ἔθνη ( éthnē ) in the New Testament . The term "gentiles" is derived from Latin, used for contextual translation, and not an original Hebrew or Greek word from the Bible. The original words goy and ethnos refer to "peoples" or "nations". Latin and later English translators selectively used the term "gentiles" when the context for the base term "peoples" or "nations" referred to non-Israelite peoples or nations in English translations of the Bible .

Term referring to a non-Jew For other uses, see Gentile (disambiguation) . ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) History Communities Population Denominations Orthodox Modern Haredi Hasidic Reform Conservative Karaite Reconstructionist Renewal Science Haymanot Humanistic Culture Languages Hebrew Biblical Mishnaic Medieval Modern Bukharian Ghardaïa Sign Jewish Koine Greek Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Aramaic Judeo-Berber Judeo-Gascon Judaeo-Georgian Judaeo-Iranian Judeo-Italian Judeo-Malayalam Judaeo-Spanish Judeo-Tat Knaanic Shassi Yeshivish Yevanic Yiddish Zarphatic Politics Category Portal v t e Gentile (from Latin gentilis 'of or belonging to the same people or nation', from gēns 'clan; tribe; people, family') is a term that usually means 'someone who is not a Jew '. Other groups that claim Israelite heritage sometimes use the term to describe outsiders. The term is used by English translators for the Hebrew ( goy ) and ( nokhri ) in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek word ἔθνη ( éthnē ) in the New Testament . The word gentile is derived from Latin and not itself an original Hebrew or Greek word found in the Bible. The original words goy and ethnos refer to "peoples" or "nations" and are applied to both Israelites and non-Israelites in the Bible.

Term referring to a non-Jew For other uses, see Gentile (disambiguation) . Other groups that claim Israelite heritage , notably Mormons , have historically used the term gentile to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is used as a synonym for heathen or pagan . As a term used to describe non-members of a religious/ethnic group, gentile is sometimes compared to words used to describe the "outgroup" in other cultures (see List of terms for ethnic out-groups ). In some translations of the Quran , gentile is used to translate an Arabic word that refers to non-Jews and/or people not versed in or not able to read scripture. The English word gentile derives from the Latin word gentilis , meaning "of or belonging to the same people or nation" (from Latin gēns ' clan, tribe, people, family ' ). Archaic and specialist uses of the word gentile in English (particularly in linguistics) still carry this meaning of "relating to a people or nation." The development of the word to principally mean "non-Jew" in English is entwined with the history of Bible translations from Hebrew and Greek into Latin and English. Its meaning has also been shaped by Rabbinical Jewish thought and Christian theology which, from the 1st century, have often set a binary distinction between "Jew" and "non-Jew." "gentile" . See for example a discussion of the similarity to the Japanese term gaijin in Magid, Shaul (2018).

Term referring to a non-Jew For other uses, see Gentile (disambiguation) . Other groups that claim Israelite heritage , notably Mormons , have historically used the term gentile to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is used as a synonym for heathen , pagan . As a term used to describe non-members of a religious/ethnic group, gentile is sometimes compared to other words used to describe the "outgroup" in other cultures (see List of terms for ethnic out-groups ). In some translations of the Quran , gentile is used to translate an Arabic word that refers to non-Jews and/or people not versed in or not able to read scripture. The English word gentile derives from the Latin word gentilis , meaning "of or belonging to the same people or nation" (from Latin gēns ' clan, tribe, people, family ' ). Archaic and specialist uses of the word gentile in English (particularly in linguistics) still carry this meaning of "relating to a people or nation." The development of the word to principally mean "non-Jew" in English is entwined with the history of Bible translations from Hebrew and Greek into Latin and English. Its meaning has also been shaped by Rabbinical Jewish thought and Christian theology . See for example a discussion of the similarity to the Japanese term gaijin in Magid, Shaul (2018).