Both Uses of
gentile
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Cry, the Beloved Country
- I the Lord have called thee in righteousness and will hold thine hand and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people for a light of the Gentiles To open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison And them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.†
Chpt 1.13
- I am lost when I balance this against that, I am lost when I ask if this is safe, I am lost when I ask if men, white men or black men, Englishmen or Afrikaners, Gentiles or Jews, will approve.†
Chpt 2.24 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(gentile) a person or characteristic of a person who is not Jewish; or who is Christian
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, gentile can refer to a person who is not Mormon; or a person who does not believe in God.