Definition of Gentile

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Gentile

One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

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Gentile Quotations

The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.
Meir Kahane

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
Abba Eban

For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs.
Bill McCartney

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.
Bernard Malamud

Gentile Translations

gentile in German is heidnisch

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