The wor Gentile is an anglicised version of the Latin word gentilis, meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe. In the King James and various other versions of the Bible it is used to refer to non-Israelite tribes or nations, as an English translation of the Hebrew words goy / גוי and nochri / נכרי. It is also used to translate the New Testament Greek word ἔθνη (éthnē). Today, the primary meaning of gentile is ‘non-Jew’.