Goy vs. Shegetz — What's the Difference?

In modern Hebrew and Yiddish goy (, Hebrew: גוי‎, regular plural goyim , גוים‎ or גויים‎) is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew. Through Yiddish, the word has been adopted into English (often pluralised as goys) also to mean gentile, sometimes with a pejorative sense.The Biblical Hebrew word goy has been commonly translated into English as nation, meaning a group of persons of the same ethnic family who speak the same language (rather than the modern meaning of a political unit).

A non-Jewish boy or young man.

A person who is not Jewish.

(sometimes derogatory) A gentile, a non-Jewish male.

A non-Jew, a gentile.

An offensive term for non-Jewish young man;

In this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; `goy' is a derogatory word for Christians used by Jews