The English word gentile derives from the Latin word gentilis, meaning "of or belonging to the same people or nation" (from Latin gēns 'clan, tribe, people, family').

Gentile, person who is not Jewish. The word stems from the Hebrew term goy, which means a “nation,” and was applied both to the Hebrews and to any other nation.

The meaning of GENTILE is a person of a non-Jewish nation or of non-Jewish faith; especially : a Christian as distinguished from a Jew.

“The nations” is the common expression in the Old Testament for non-Jews as a group, and a Gentile is a person belonging to “the nations.” Both the Old Testament and the New …

6 days ago · Gentile was convicted in August 2024 of conspiring to defraud thousands of investors in a capital funds scheme totaling $1.6 billion.

Dec 1, 2025 · Gentile, who was the CEO and a co-founder of GPB Capital Holdings, was convicted of wire and security fraud charges brought by the Justice Department during the …

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of former private equity CEO David Gentile, 12 days after he went to prison and joined thousands with clemency since …

Nov 30, 2025 · David Gentile, who scammed thousands of “hardworking, everyday people,” had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence. Reporter President Donald Trump …

gentile, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Dec 1, 2025 · President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of David Gentile, a private equity executive who was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme, …