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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 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 10:5–Deu 7:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 - Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 - "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 - No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, "Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - and the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation - even a company of nations - will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation 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 too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your way, that I may know you, that I may continue to find favor in your sight. And see that this nation is your people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - He said, "See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 - "'Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - "'As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you - you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38 - You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 - I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 - I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: "Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 - When the LORD your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you - Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you -

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:17 - If you think, "These nations are more numerous than I - how can I dispossess them?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.

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