What is a Gentile?Noah Webster's 1828 DictionaryLCCCN:91-179826ISBN: 978-0-912498-03-4Gentile, n. [L. gentilis ; Fr. gentil ; Sp. gentil ; from L. genus, nation, race; applied topagans.]In the scriptures, a pagan; a worshipper of false gods; any person not a Jew or aChristian ; a heathen. The Hebrews included in the term goim or nations, all the tribesof men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christianstranslated goim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to allnations who were not Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denom-ination was givento all nations who were not Romans. Encyclopedic ref.Gentile a. Pertaining to pagans or heathens.-Even all reference until the late 1800's the term gentile meant pagan, or heathen, it wasnot until the late 1880's into the early 1900's that the term gentile became commonusage as Gentile meaning Non-Jewish believer in the Messiah. Even though thedefinition and translation never changed, the usage changed and because common, eventhough incorrect. This led to incorrect translations and teachings.You will notice in Noah Webster's above (which is still the accurate standard today forthe English language) The term was translated and “imitated” or used as did the Jews bythe Christians to represent those who were NOT believers in the G-d of Abraham Isaacand Jacob i.e., the G-d of the chosen of Yisra'el.The Hebrew and Greek may not render properly if not there are screenshots below.Strong'sG1672 {

Ελλην

Helleni {hel'-lane} (This is an updated version of the original Strongs Inwhich these were listed separately as 1671 andd 1672)Meaning: 1) a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of theGreek islands or colonies 2) in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jewsthat made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; the primaryreference is to a difference of religion and worshipOrigin: from 1671; TDNT - 2:504,227; n mUsage: AV - Greek 20, Gentile 7; 27

Goy (Hebrew

יוג

)

is a Hebrew word which means "nation" or "people". It is generally(though not exclusively) used to refer to non-Jews.Strong'sH1471

יוגיג

gowy ii{go'-ee} rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}Meaning: n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2)of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) npr m 1c) Goyim? = "nations"Origin: apparently from the same root as 01465; TWOT - 326eUsage: AV - nation 374, heathen 143, Gentiles 30, people 11; 558According to Strong's only 5 verses in the New Testament were translated asHellen/Greek Strongs #1672, meaning non-Jew aka Believer or Christian, All otherverses (121) are from Strong's #1484 meaning pagan or heathen.Strong'sG1484

εθνος

ethnos {eth'-nos}iiiMeaning: 1) a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together 1a)a company, troop, swarm 2) a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus 2a)the human race 3) a race, nation, people group 4) in the OT, foreign nations notworshipping the true God, pagans, 5) a race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; spec. aforeign (non-jewish) one (usually by implication – pagan); -- Gentile, heathen, nation,people. Page 383 col's 1 and 2 Strong's.Fausset's Bible Dictionary1342 Gentiles1342.01 Hebrew

Gowy

, "the nations" (or "pagan," derived from the Greek ethnee), asopposed to Israel (Neh. 5:8). In Gen. 10:5, "isles of the Gentiles," the term is usedgeographically in no invidious sense. In Gen. 14:1, Tidal "king of nations" was probablychief of several nomadic wandering tribes of western Asia. In Josh. 12:23 we read, "theking of the nations (the gentile foreigners) of Gilgal," the modern Moslem village Jiljule,six Roman miles N. of Antipatris. Goyim is especially used of GALILEE (which see),bordering on and, even in Israelite times, much peopled with the Gilgal (Judg. 4:2; Isa.9:1.)Liddell-Scott Lexicon13044

{Ellhn {Ellhn

hnoj(o

Hellen,

son of Deucalion, Hes.

the

{Ellhnej

of Hom. are

the Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was the reputed chief

(cf.

+Ella,j

1), Il.

later,

{Ellhnej

was the regul. name for

Greeks,

opp. to

ba,rbaroi

Hdt., etc.

later still, of

Gentiles,

Opp. to Jews, N.T.

II.

as Adj. =

+Ellhniko,j

Thuc., etc.:-even with a fem. Subst., Aesch., Eur. Hence

~Ellhni,zw

Easton's Bible Dictionary1368 Forces of the Gentiles, Isa 60:5, 11 (R.V., "the wealth of the nations") denotes thewealth of the heathen. The whole passage means that the wealth of the Gentile worldshould be consecrated to the service of the church.In Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible (LCCCN: 55-5338) Pg 17 of the Index-Lexicon to the Old Testament;Goi –

יוג

v direct translation as gentile 30 times, heathen 142 times, nation 373 timespeople 11 times and as 'another' 1 time.Scriptural ref:gentileRom. 2:9fRom. 2:10gentilesGen. 10:5;Jdg. 4:2, 13, 16;Isa. 11:10; 42:1, 6; 49:6, 22; 54:3; 60:3, 5, 11, 16; 61:6, 9; 62:2; 66:12, 19;Jer. 4:7; 14:22; 16:19; 46:1;Lam. 2:9;Ezek. 4:13;Hos. 8:8;Joel 3:9;Mic. 5:8;Zech. 1:21;Mal. 1:11;Matt. 4:15; 6:32; 10:5, 18; 12:18, 21; 20:19, 25;Mk. 10:33, 42;Lk. 2:32; 18:32; 21:24; 22:25;Jn. 7:35;Acts 4:27; 7:45; 9:15; 10:45; 11:1, 18; 13:42, 46ff; 14:2, 5, 27; 15:3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 19, 23;