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# Gentile
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## Facts:
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The term “Gentile” refers to anyone who is not a Jew. Gentiles are people who are not descendants of Jacob.
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* In the Bible, the term “uncircumcised” is also used figuratively to refer to Gentiles because many of them did not circumcise their male children as the Israelites did.
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* Because God chose the Jews to be his special people, they thought of the Gentiles as outsiders who could never be God’s people.
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* The Jews were also called “Israelites” or “Hebrews” at different times in history. They referred to anyone else as a “Gentile.”
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* Gentile could also be translated as “not a Jew” or “non-Jewish” or “not an Israelite” (Old Testament) or “non-Jew.”.
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* Traditionally, Jews would neither eat with nor associate with Gentiles, which at first caused problems within the early church.
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(See also: [Israel](../kt/israel.md), [Jacob](../names/jacob.md), [Jew](../kt/jew.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [Acts 9:13-16](rc://en/tn/help/act/09/13)
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* [Acts 14:5-7](rc://en/tn/help/act/14/05)
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* [Galatians 2:16](rc://en/tn/help/gal/02/16)
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* [Luke 2:32](rc://en/tn/help/luk/02/32)
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* [Matthew 5:47](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/47)
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* [Matthew 6:5-7](rc://en/tn/help/mat/06/05)
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* [Romans 11:25](rc://en/tn/help/rom/11/25)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H1471, G1482, G1484, G1672
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