As Jews are Arabs, descended from Esau (became Edomites), Canaanites, Babylonians, and so on, per the definition, they are, "gentiles." Basically, they are largely today's Arabs. https://biblehub.com/greek/1484.htm Notice how the dictionary has itself been corrupted. It makes clear the actual definition and then redefines it to include Jews, claiming non-Jews are gentiles. Which is factually wrong. Which is a great example of how corruption becomes formalized based upon incorrect assumptions and interpretations of things which we simply "know." gentile: "a race, a nation, the nations (as distinct from Israel)"; in other words, if you are not descended from Israel, you are a gentile. Period. As Jews absolutely are not descended from Israel, they are, by definition, gentiles. As Jews are not Judahites and are not descended from Israel, they are by definition, gentiles. "Jewishness" is not a defining characteristic for non-gentiles. It is, however, a defining attribute for gentiles. Jews are by definition gentiles.