Meaning of Gentile | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A non-Jewish person.
   Judaism
2. Alternative letter-case form of gentile (a non-Jewish person).
   alt-of
3. A non-Mormon person.
   Mormonism
4. A non-Mormon person (including Jews).
   Mormonism
5. A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.

Equivalents

Examples

“And he said, It is a light⟳ thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to raise⟳ vp the tribes of Iacob, and to restore⟳ the preserued of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light⟳ to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my saluation, vnto the end⟳ of the earth.”

“Yea farther, ſo glorious, and raviſhing were the firſt dawnings of Goſpel light⟳, which brought ſuch glad tidings of Salvation to Mankind, as that not only the Jews, but alſo ſome ſober minded, inquiſitive Gentiles rejoyced in this Light⟳ for a ſeaſon […] who yet never had a through work⟳ of Converſion on their hearts: […]”

“If a Jew cheated a Gentile one sixth in the purchase⟳ or in the sale of any commodity, the Gentile was without remedy; not so if a Gentile imposed on a Jew to the same amount. Theft likewise by a Gentile from a Jew was death, not so if the parties were changed: and the same odious injustice they manifested in their law on homicide. […] it is rather extraordinary, that Plato should say⟳, the penalty for the death of a native and of a foreigner should be different.”

“Gentiles are denominative nouns denoting belonging to or coming from a particular country, nation, or city. Gentiles are formed from proper nouns by secondary suffixes.”

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