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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 87 times in 81 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Eze 2:3–Eze 32:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:3 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people H1471 who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have revolted against Me to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13 - Then the LORD said, “In this way the sons of Israel will eat their bread unclean among the nations H1471 where I will scatter them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:5 -

“This is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have placed her at the center of the nations H1471, with lands around her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - ‘But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations H1471, and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked [fn]in My statutes.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:7 - “Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations H1471 that surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor executed My ordinances, nor acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations H1471 around you,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8 - therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:14 - ‘Moreover, I will make you a site of ruins and a disgrace among the nations H1471 that surround you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:15 - ‘So [fn]it will be a disgrace, an object of abuse, a warning, and an object of horror to the nations H1471 that surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging reprimands. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 -

“However, I will leave a remnant, in that you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations H1471 when you are scattered among the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - “Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations H1471 to which they will be taken captive, how I have [fn]been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which committed infidelity with their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - ‘Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations H1471, and they will take possession of their houses. I will also put an end to the pride of the strong ones, and their holy places will be profaned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:12 - “So you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes, nor have you executed My ordinances, but you have acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations H1471 around you.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - “Therefore say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Though I had removed them far away among the nations H1471, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them for a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15 - “So they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations H1471 and scatter them among the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - “But I will [fn]spare a few of them from the sword, the famine, and plague so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations H1471 where they go, and [fn]may know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:14 - “Then your fame spread among the nations H1471 on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 -

‘Then nations H1471 heard about him;

He was caught in their trap,

And they brought him with hooks

To the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 -

‘Then nations H1471 set against him

On every side from their provinces,

And they spread their net over him;

He was caught in their trap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9 - “But I acted for the sake of My name, that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations H1471 among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:14 - “But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled before the eyes of the nations H1471, before whose eyes I had brought them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:22 - “But I withdrew My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations H1471 in whose sight I had brought them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - “Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations H1471 and disperse them among the lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32 - “And whatever comes [fn]into your mind certainly will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations H1471, like the families of the lands, serving wood and stone.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - “[fn]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will show Myself to be holy among you in the sight of the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - “You have become guilty by [fn]the blood which you have shed, and you have become defiled by your idols which you have made. So you have brought your days closer and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a disgrace to the nations H1471, and an object of mocking to all the lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - “And I will scatter you among the nations H1471 and disperse you among the lands, and I will eliminate your uncleanness from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:16 - “Then you will defile yourself in the sight of the nations H1471, and you will know that I am the LORD.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:30 - ‘These things will be done to you because you have adulterously pursued the nations H1471, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - therefore, behold, I have reached out with My hand against you and I will give you as plunder to the nations H1471. And I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the lands. I will exterminate you. So you will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 -

‘The Lord GOD says this: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations H1471,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:10 - and I will give it as a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the [fn]people of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up many nations H1471 against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:5 - ‘She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD; ‘and she will become plunder for the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 -

Therefore, behold, I am going to bring strangers against you,

The most ruthless of the nations H1471.

And they will draw their swords

Against the beauty of your wisdom

And profane your splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 -

‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations H1471, then they will live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - “So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations H1471 and disperse them among the lands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - “It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations H1471 again. And I will make them small so that they will not rule over the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:3 -

“For the day is near,

Indeed, the day of the LORD is near;

It will be a day of clouds,

A time of doom for the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 -

“He and his people with him,

The most ruthless of the nations H1471,

Will be brought in to destroy the land;

And they will draw their swords against Egypt

And fill the land with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - ‘And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations H1471 and disperse them among the lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - ‘When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations H1471 and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 -

‘All the birds of the sky nested in its twigs,

And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth,

And all great nations H1471 lived under its shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11 - I will hand it over to a [fn]ruler of the nations H1471; he will thoroughly deal with it. In accordance with its wickedness I have driven it out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - “Foreign tyrants of the nations H1471 have cut it down and left it; on the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its branches have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have gone down from its shade and left it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations H1471 quake from the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the [fn]well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - “They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its [fn]strength lived in its shade among the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, take up a song of mourning over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him,

‘You [fn]compared yourself to a young lion of the nations H1471,

Yet you are like the monster in the seas;

And you burst forth in your rivers

And muddied the waters with your feet

And [fn]fouled their rivers.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:9 -

“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations H1471, into lands which you have not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - “By the swords of the warriors I will make your multitude fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations H1471,

And they will devastate the pride of Egypt,

And all its multitude will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16 -

“This is a song of mourning, and they shall sing it. The daughters of the nations H1471 shall sing it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall sing it,” declares the Lord GOD.


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