Words the Bible translates as gentiles
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ethnosἔθνοςa people group bound together as a body: a nation; in the plural and from a Jewish vantage point, the other nations, that is, the Gentiles
- goyגּוֹיthe nations: the peoples other than Israel, the gentiles, often pictured as hostile to God and his people
+2 more meanings
- a nation: a people group seen as a political and territorial body, with its own land, government, and identity
- Goyim: used as a proper name, a place or political grouping called "Nations," not the common word for a people
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