Explore Gentiles through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gentiles meaning
plural of gentile
Using Gentiles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of gentile
- In the example corpus, gentiles often appears in combinations such as: the gentiles, righteous gentiles, gentiles and.
Context around Gentiles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gentiles
- In this selection, "gentiles" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, righteous, american, having, lust and kings stand out and add context to how "gentiles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also be gentiles and gentiles and and the gentiles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gentiles" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gentiles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Who are these “Gentiles”? (4 words)
Are Jews as chauvinist as Gentiles? (6 words)
After such saviors do the gentiles lust. (7 words)
Often, however, regular work and school days land on Jewish holidays, and, unlike with Christian holidays, there is a severe lack of understanding among Gentiles that makes it difficult for a lot of Jewish folks to express and celebrate their Jewishness. (41 words)
Christianity was brought to the Gentiles having been rejected by the Jews, and the Gentiles have routinely placed their faith in Christianity and not Judaism making this a proof-text for Jesus and not the Davidic Messiah as claimed. (39 words)
He settled in Buenos Aires and, over time, heard stories from the local Jewish community and the occasional news report about survivors who wanted to return to their roots and thank righteous gentiles who saved their lives. (37 words)
Who are these “Gentiles”? (4 words)
Are Jews as chauvinist as Gentiles? (6 words)
In this sense, Romanized Jews could also be gentiles, and gentiles could be Jewish! (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Christianity was brought to the Gentiles having been rejected by the Jews, and the Gentiles have routinely placed their faith in Christianity and not Judaism making this a proof-text for Jesus and not the Davidic Messiah as claimed.
In this sense, Romanized Jews could also be gentiles, and gentiles could be Jewish!
After such saviors do the gentiles lust.
God himself had orchestrated this coming together of the Jews and the Gentiles.
Instead, Jesus tells his Jewish followers and the Gentiles to treat each other with love (best summarized by Paul in Romans 13 as, "do not harm your neighbor").
God had a plan for this zealous man to spread the gospel to Gentiles, kings, and Israel.
He’s inclined to believe that these conversions aren’t conversions at all and such “converts” are gentiles.
Who are these “Gentiles”?
But because the gentiles wear laurel on that day, it’s forbidden.
In last week’s feature on Jews having English first names, not one of the rabbis addressing this issue mentions that many American gentiles had (and have) Hebrew first names.
I was so unattuned to nature in every respect that, unlike the Gentiles I knew, I could not have named one flower, one bird, or one tree other than an oak.
Often, however, regular work and school days land on Jewish holidays, and, unlike with Christian holidays, there is a severe lack of understanding among Gentiles that makes it difficult for a lot of Jewish folks to express and celebrate their Jewishness.
Righteous Gentiles’ Park was once the site of Tel Aviv’s first and only zoo, which originated in a pet store on Shenkin Street.
The group from Yad Ezra delivered food to two Righteous Gentiles in Warsaw who told them about saving Jews from the death camps during the Shoah.
The Torah and all its ordinances were for the Jews and not for us Gentiles.
Unfortunately, righteous gentiles rarely made headlines; collaborators did.
Are Jews as chauvinist as Gentiles?
By her own fortitude, luck, and the courage of a few righteous gentiles, she survived the horrors of the Holocaust.
He settled in Buenos Aires and, over time, heard stories from the local Jewish community and the occasional news report about survivors who wanted to return to their roots and thank righteous gentiles who saved their lives.
New days, however, call for new strategies, and the last great revival will not come upon us as it did during the time of the Gentiles.
Common combinations with gentiles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gentiles 29×
- righteous gentiles 8×
- gentiles and 5×
- gentiles in 4×
- and gentiles 3×
- gentiles to 3×
- gentiles who 3×
- that gentiles 3×
- to gentiles 2×
- among gentiles 2×