Well, that's true, unless the Hebrew definition of "whelp" is like ours (likely, since that's the English word chosen for translation):
1. A young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf.
2. a A child; a youth. b An impudent young fellow.
But the point was that the reference material didn't say "goy" meaning not descended from Noah through Shem. I figure that whatever else Strong's reference system is, it's been well researched by a lot of people and more than one linguist. 