Words the Bible translates as gentile
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- HellēnἝλληνa Greek: a person of the Greek-speaking world, and so, from a Jewish standpoint, any non-Jew
- arelעָרֵלuncircumcised: having the foreskin intact, and so outside the covenant sign; by extension, a body part left closed and a young tree's fruit left off-limits
- HellēnisἙλληνίςGentilenot studied yet
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