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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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Strong's Number H1471 matches the Hebrew גּוֹי (gôy),
which occurs 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 10:5–Deu 7:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these the coastlands of the nations H1471 [fn]were separated into their lands, every one according to his tongue, according to their families, into their nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, by their nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, according to their nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 -

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, by their nations H1471; and out of these the nations H1471 were separated on the earth after the flood.

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And I will make you a great nation H1471,

And I will bless you,

And make your name great;

And so [fn]you shall be a blessing;

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And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of [fn]Goiim H1471,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of [fn]Goiim H1471 and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - “But I will also judge the nation H1471 to whom they are enslaved, and afterward they will come out with [fn]many possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 -

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,

And you will be the father of a multitude of nations H1471.

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“And no longer shall your name be called [fn]Abram,

But your name shall be [fn]Abraham;

For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations H1471.

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“And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations H1471 of you, and kings will go forth from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - “And I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations H1471; kings of peoples will [fn]come from her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall [fn]become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - since Abraham will surely become a great and [fn]mighty nation H1471, and in him all the nations H1471 of the earth will be blessed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - (Now Abimelech had not come near her.) Then he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation H1471, even though righteous?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - “And of the son of the maidservant I will make a nation H1471 also, because he is your seed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - “Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him by [fn]the hand, for I will make a great nation H1471 of him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - “In your [fn]seed all the nations H1471 of the earth shall [fn]be blessed, because you have listened to My voice.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Yahweh said to her,

“Two nations H1471 are in your womb;

And two peoples will be separated from your body;

And one people shall be stronger than the other;

And the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and I will give your seed all these lands; and by your seed all the nations H1471 of the earth [fn]shall be blessed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - God also said to him,

“I am [fn]God Almighty;

Be fruitful and multiply;

A nation H1471 and an assembly of nations H1471 shall [fn]come from you,

And kings shall [fn]come forth from your loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation H1471 there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of nations H1471.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire [fn]flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation H1471.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation H1471.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - “Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may consume them; and I will make you a great nation H1471.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - “So now, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. See also, that this nation H1471 is Your people.”

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Then [fn]God said, “Behold, I am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous deeds which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations H1471; and all the people [fn]among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - “For I will dispossess nations H1471 before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before Yahweh your God.

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‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations H1471 which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation H1471 which has been before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Moreover, you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation H1471 which I will cast out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have loathed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - ‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the nations H1471 that are around you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - ‘You, however, I will scatter among the nations H1471 and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38 - ‘But you will perish among the nations H1471, and your enemies’ land will consume you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 - ‘But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations H1471, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 - “I will strike them with [fn]pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation H1471 greater and mightier than they.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - “Now if You put this people to death as one man, then the nations H1471 who have heard of Your fame will [fn]say,

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“For I see him from the top of the rocks,

And I look at him from the hills;

Behold, a people who dwells alone,

And will not be reckoned among the nations H1471.

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“God brings him out of Egypt,

He is for him like the horns of the wild ox.

He will devour the nations H1471 who are his adversaries,

And will gnaw their bones in pieces,

And [fn]shatter them with his arrows.

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Then he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said,

“Amalek was the first of the nations H1471,

But his end shall be [fn]destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - “You shall keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation H1471 is a wise and understanding people.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - “For what great nation H1471 is there that has a god so near to it as is Yahweh our God whenever we call on Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - “Or what great nation H1471 is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - “And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations H1471 where Yahweh drives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation H1471 from within another nation H1471 with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, [fn]as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - dispossessing before you nations H1471 greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.

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“When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and He clears away many nations H1471 before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations H1471 more numerous and stronger than you,

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“If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations H1471 are more numerous than I; how can I dispossess them?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - “And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations H1471 before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, lest the [fn]wild beasts become too numerous for you.

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