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Lexicon :: Strong's H1471 - gôy

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גּוֹי
Transliteration
gôy
Pronunciation
go'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (H1465)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 326e

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x

The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x
The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).
masculine noun

  1. nation, people

    1. nation, people

      1. usually of non-Hebrew people

      2. of descendants of Abraham

      3. of Israel

    2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

      proper masculine noun

    3. Goyim? = "nations"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
STRONGS H1471: Abbreviations
גּוֺי 561 noun masculineGenesis 12:2 nation, people (Late Hebrew id. Gentiles, Phoenician גו community, axvfg, Sabean גו id., DHMZMG 1883, 348) — ג׳ Genesis 12:2 121 times; suffix 1st person singular גּוֺיִ Zephaniah 2:9, גּוֺיֶ֑ךָ Psalm 106:5, גּוֺיֵךְ Kt Ezekiel 36:13, 14, 15 (Qr wrongly גּוֺיַיִךְ compare Co, who strike out Ezekiel 36:15); plural גּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 410 times + Qr Genesis 25:23; Psalm 79:10 (Kt גיים) + 6 times Ezekiel (variant reading emended Co); construct גּוֺיֵי Genesis 18:18 + 8 times, גּוֺיֵ 2 Chronicles 32:13; Ezra 6:21 (compare Baer's notes); suffix גּוֺיֵהֶם Genesis 10:5, 20, 31, 32; —
1. nation, people Genesis 10:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:20, 31, 32 (twice in verse) (all P) +; Isaiah 2:2, 4 (twice in verse) = Micah 4:2, 3(twice in verse); Job 12:23 (twice in verse); Job 34:29; Proverbs 14:34; כֹּל גּוֺיֵי הָאָרֶץ Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (all J); Deuteronomy 28:1.
a. specifically of descendants of Abraham, גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 12:2; compare Genesis 18:18 (both J), גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:6, הֲמוֺן גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:4, 15 (all P); of Sarah גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:16 (P); of Ishmael גּוֺי Genesis 21:13, גָּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 21:18 (both E), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 17:20 (P); of Jacob גּוֺי וּקְהַל גּוֺיִם Genesis 35:11 (P), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 46:3 (E); of Ephraim מְלֹא הַגּ׳ Genesis 48:19 (J); of Moses גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Exodus 32:10 (J) compare Numbers 14:12 (J) Deuteronomy 9:14; of Jacob and Esau as two nations Genesis 25:23 (J).
b. definitely of Israel Exodus 19:6 (קָדוֺשׁ גּ׳) Exodus 33:13 (both J E), Deuteronomy 4:6 (הַגּוֺי הַגָּדוֺל הַזֶּה, said by heathen compare Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8) see also Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 26:5 compare Psalm 33:12; Psalm 83:5 (said by enemies) Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:24; Ezekiel 37:22; in narrative Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1; Joshua 5:8 (JE), Joshua 5:6 (D), Joshua 10:13 (in poetry, no article); of Israel and Judah as two nations Ezekiel 35:10 (said by heathen) Ezekiel 37:22; of Judah Isaiah 26:2, 15 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 60:22; Micah 4:7; once my people Zephaniah 2:9 (|| עַם); thy people Psalm 106:5 (i.e. of י׳), compare also Ezekiel 36:13, 14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious Deuteronomy 32:28; Judges 2:20; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 5:9, 29; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 12:17; Ezekiel 2:3 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Haggai 2:14; Malachi 3:9. — Note. This definite reference to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hexateuch not P (yet see Genesis 17:4, 5, 6, 16; Genesis 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile prophets; not Chronicles —
c. usually of non-Hebrew peoples Exodus 9:24; Exodus 34:10 (JE) Leviticus 25:44 (H) Numbers 14:15 (J) Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:17; 1 Chronicles 16:20; Isaiah 11:10, 12 + often; opposed to Israel as עם י׳ 2 Samuel 7:23; 1 Chronicles 17:21 (twice in verse) etc., see H5971 עם, compare also Numbers 23:9; note especially גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23 [Isaiah 9:1] circle or district of the nations (see H1551 גָּלִיל); also חֲרשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Judges 4:2, 13, 16 Charosheth of the nations, & מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Joshua 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging to Gilgal (Greek Version of the LXX Di to the district, i.e 'Galilee'); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous Leviticus 8:24, 28 (P) Leviticus 20:23 (H) 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 17:8, 11, 15, 26, 29 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 28:3; 32:13 +, Ezra 6:21; Ezekiel 5:6 +; hostile Genesis 15:14 (J) Leviticus 26:33, 38, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; Deuteronomy 18:9; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Jeremiah 5:15; Ezekiel 4:13 — Jeremiah Ezekiel, etc.; in simile Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 25:8; sometimes || עַם Psalm 33:10; Psalm 33:12; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 6:18, see also Isaiah 2:2, 4 compare with Micah 4:1, 3.
2. figurative of swarm of locusts Joel 1:6; of all species of beasts Zephaniah 2:14.
3. גּוֺיִם Genesis 14:1, 9 probably mutilated proper name see below.

גּוֺיִם proper name, of a people Genesis 14:1, 9, in phrase תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Tid`al king of Goim; probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî a people northeast of Babylonia COT on Genesis 14:1; also KGF258and elsewhere; compare also DlPa 233 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31; 10:32; 10:32; 12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 14:1; 14:1; 14:1; 14:9; 14:9; 15:14; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:15; 17:16; 17:16; 17:20; 18:18; 18:18; 18:18; 21:13; 21:18; 22:18; 25:23; 25:23; 26:4; 35:11; 35:11; 46:3; 48:19

Exodus

9:24; 19:6; 32:10; 33:13; 34:10

Leviticus

8:24; 8:28; 20:23; 25:44; 26:33; 26:38; 26:45

Numbers

14:12; 14:15; 23:9

Deuteronomy

4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:27; 4:34; 9:4; 9:5; 9:14; 15:6; 18:9; 26:5; 28:1; 32:28

Joshua

3:17; 4:1; 5:6; 5:8; 10:13; 12:23

Judges

2:20; 4:2; 4:13; 4:16

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

5:11; 14:24

2 Kings

17:8; 17:11; 17:15; 17:26; 17:29

1 Chronicles

14:17; 16:20; 16:35; 17:21

2 Chronicles

28:3; 32:13; 32:13

Ezra

6:21; 6:21

Job

12:23; 34:29

Psalms

33:10; 33:12; 33:12; 79:10; 83:5; 106:5; 106:5

Proverbs

14:34

Isaiah

1:4; 2:2; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 9:1; 10:6; 11:10; 11:10; 11:12; 26:2; 26:15; 58:2; 60:22

Jeremiah

5:9; 5:15; 5:29; 6:18; 7:28; 9:8; 12:17; 31:36; 33:24

Ezekiel

2:3; 4:13; 5:6; 20:32; 25:8; 35:10; 36:13; 36:13; 36:14; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 37:22; 37:22

Joel

1:6

Micah

4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9; 2:14

Haggai

2:14

Malachi

3:9

H1471

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1471 matches the Hebrew גּוֹי (gôy),
which occurs 561 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 11 (Job 12:23–Psa 110:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 - He increaseth the nations, H1471 and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, H1471 and straiteneth them again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, H1471 or against a man only:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the heathen H1471 rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen H1471 for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 - Thou hast rebuked the heathen, H1471 thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The heathen H1471 are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations H1471 that forget God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19 - Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen H1471 be judged in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 - Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations H1471 may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen H1471 are perished out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: H1471 a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:49 - Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, H1471 and sing praises unto thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations H1471 shall worship before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:28 - For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10 - The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen H1471 to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12 - Blessed is the nation H1471 whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: H1471 O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - How thou didst drive out the heathen H1471 with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, H1471 a shaking of the head among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - The heathen H1471 raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, H1471 I will be exalted in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:8 - God reigneth over the heathen: H1471 God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: H1471 be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 - But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen H1471 in derision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: H1471 let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:2 - That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11 - Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations H1471 shall serve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations H1471 shall call him blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He cast out the heathen H1471 also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] O God, the heathen H1471 are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6 - Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen H1471 that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Wherefore should the heathen H1471 say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen H1471 in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, H1471 and planted it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8 - Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 - They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; H1471 that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All nations H1471 whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He that chastiseth the heathen, H1471 shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Declare his glory among the heathen, H1471 his wonders among all people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the heathen H1471 that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2 - The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:15 - So the heathen H1471 shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:13 - When they went from one nation H1471 to another, from one kingdom to another people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - And gave them the lands of the heathen: H1471 and they inherited the labour of the people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, H1471 that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - To overthrow their seed also among the nations, H1471 and to scatter them in the lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:35 - But were mingled among the heathen, H1471 and learned their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41 - And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; H1471 and they that hated them ruled over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 - Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, H1471 to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He shall judge among the heathen, H1471 he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

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