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Gentile

Facts:

The term "Gentile" refers to anyone who is not a Jew. Gentiles are people who are not descendants of Jacob.

  • In the Bible, the term "uncircumcised" is also used figuratively to refer to Gentiles because many of them did not circumcise their male children as the Israelites did.
  • Because God chose the Jews to be his special people, they thought of the Gentiles as outsiders who could never be God's people.
  • The Jews were also called "Israelites" or "Hebrews" at different times in history. They referred to anyone else as a "Gentile."
  • Gentile could also be translated as "not a Jew" or "non-Jewish" or "not an Israelite" (Old Testament) or "non-Jew.".
  • Traditionally, Jews would neither eat with nor associate with Gentiles, which at first caused problems within the early church.

(See also: Israel, Jacob, Jew)

Bible References:

Word Data:

  • Strong's: H1471, G1482, G148

Forms Found in the English ULB:

Gentile, Gentiles