Goy
Goy or Gentile (English , Hebrew: גוי, regular plural goyim , גוים or גויים) is the standard Hebrew biblical term for a "nation", including that of Israel. The word nation has been the common translation of the Hebrew "goy", or "ethnesin" (ἔθνεσιν) in the LXX, from the earliest English language bibles such as the 1604 King James Version and the 1530 Tyndale Bible, following the Latin Vulgate which used both gentile (and cognates) and nationes / nationibus. The term "nation" did not have the same political connotations it entails today.
Long before Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of someone who is not Jewish. The latter is also its meaning in Yiddish. It is also used to refer to individuals from non-Jewish religious or ethnic groups; when used in this way in English, it occasionally has pejorative connotations. However, many people do not see the term "goy" as any more or less offensive than the term "gentile". However, to avoid any perceived offensive connotations, writers may use the better-known English terms "gentile" or "non-Jew".