Why do Jews refer to non-jews as ''Gentiles''?

Question

what does this mean? and who invented this word?

Ultra Kufar means non believers not non muslims. christians and jews are not ''kufar''.

Answer 1

Gentile means:
1. Non-Jewish person: somebody who is not Jewish
2. Somebody Christian: a Christian, as distinguished from somebody who is Jewish

It is a 14th century Latin word “gentilis” which literally means “of the same clan"

Answer 2

Only to show that Jews are a separate people, not to justify harming them like a certain other religion does with their word games.
Why do muslims call me an infidel? Read 8:12 in the koran...

Answer 3

The word gentile is an anglicised version of the Latin word gentilis, meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe. In the King James Version 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 New Testament Greek word εθνοι/ethnoi. Today, the primary meaning of gentile is non-Jew.

Answer 4

Depends on the individual. I listened to a speech by a Jewish woman a few years back and she referred to non-Jews as Gentiles.

Answer 5

In Saint Jerome's Latin version of the Bible, the Vulgate, gentilis was used in this wider sense, along with gentes, to translate Greek and Hebrew words with similar meanings that referred to the non-Israelite peoples.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentile

Answer 6

We aren't the only religion that does so.Even Gentiles call themselfs Gentiles.But it doesn't go to non jews alike but most always to christians.But its a professional way to say christian.Many jewish authors use gentiles insted of Goy.

Answer 7

To make it simple the word Gentile in Latin "Gentilis" meaning " Of THe Same Clan or of the same Nation "

Answer 8

I don't know actually - I'm not religious so I don't use that word at all. in hebrew it's called "Goy' - which means someone not jewish - It's from the bible I think. did you try searching wiki?
joe is correct.

Answer 9

Gentile is just anyone who isn't Jewish.

What does "Kufar" mean, in Islam? Is it a just an innocent term for anyone who isn't Muslim, or does it have a deeper, more sinister meaning, such as "infidel"?

Answer 10

"Gentile" means "person who does not understand that this is the ISRAEL TRAVEL section, not the 'ask Jews random questions' section."

Don't worry, I'm joking... and i welcome the non-offensive queries