goy H1471

גּוֹי (goy) means “nation” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

גּוֹי Hebrew · H1471 561 tagged occurrences in 511 verses

Pronunciation guide: go'-ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1471A

גּוֹי · goy · nation

1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

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TBESH · H1471B

גּוֹיִם · go.yim · Goiim

People descended from Goy(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.1 § Goyim (Tidgal, king of)

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TBESH · H1471G

גּוֹי · goy · Gentile

1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) 1c) Goyim? = "nations" Also named: ethnos (ἔθνος "Gentiles" G1484)

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TBESH · H1471H

גּוֹי · goy · (Harosheth)-hagoyim

Goyim (Tidgal, king of) Combined with cha.ro.shet (חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת "Harosheth" H2800)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

KJV glosses: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

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How translators render H1471

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the nations	118
nations	93
among the nations	63
of the nations	56
nation	55
a nation	22
of nations	12
to the nations	10
the nation	7
then the nations	7
and nations	4
for the nations	4
from nation	3
from the nations	3
let the nations	3
like the nations	3
o nations	3
of goiim	3
the other nations	3
these nations	3
and the nations	2
as a nation	2
is the nation	2
nation is	2
on such a nation	2
over the nations	2
people	2
should the nations	2
you among the nations	2
a people	1
against the nations	1
among nations	1
and deprive your nation	1
and nation	1
another nation	1
any nation	1
are exiled among the nations	1
are the nations	1
as for the nation	1
at the nations	1
but the nation	1
by a nation	1
by driving out nations	1
by nation	1
by the nation	1
cause your nation	1
do the nations	1
from nationhood	1
from that nation	1
gave the nations	1
has a nation	1
he hands nations	1
he makes nations	1
i made the nations	1
in the nations	1
into a nation	1
is a nation	1
it	1
like a nation	1
like nations	1
nations nearby	1
nations of you	1
o nation	1
of doom for the nations	1
of my nation	1
of our foreign	1
of that nation	1
of the peoples	1
of these nations	1
of your nation	1
on the nations	1
or nation	1
peoples	1
rejoice o nations	1
so that the nations	1
so the nations	1
such a nation	1
the mother of nations	1
the nations themselves	1
the people	1
the people of each nation	1
the peoples	1
then in the nations	1
to foreigners	1
upon the nations	1
when the nations	1
with the nations	1
within their nations	1
you into a nation	1
your nation of its children	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
nations	43
of the heathen	37
among the heathen	32
nation	31
of the nations	31
the nations	30
the heathen	21
among the nations	19
a nation	16
of the gentiles	13
of nations	9
all nations	8
of all nations	6
the nation	6
among the gentiles	5
of all the nations	5
of these nations	5
unto the heathen	5
among all the nations	4
to the nations	4
upon the heathen	4
above all nations	3
and all nations	3
and the nations	3
in their nations	3
on such a nation	3
these nations	3
to the gentiles	3
against nation	2
all the heathen	2
all the nations	2
among all nations	2
and all the heathen	2
and all the nations	2
and nation	2
and the gentiles	2
and the heathen	2
before all the nations	2
concerning a nation	2
for a nation	2
from nation	2
let the heathen	2
more than the nations	2
o ye nations	2
of the nation	2
of those nations	2
shall all the nations	2
that nation	2
that the heathen	2
the gentiles	2
them among the heathen	2
then the nations	2
thy nations	2
to nation	2
to the heathen	2
unto the nations	2
wherefore should the heathen	2
ye nations	2
after their nations	1
against a nation	1
against all the nations	1
against her the nations	1
against the gentiles	1
against the nation	1
against those nations	1
against you a nation	1
all the people	1
all these nations	1
all ye heathen	1
all ye nations	1
also among the nations	1
and against all the nations	1
and also that nation	1
and became there a nation	1
and by these were the nations	1
and cause all the nations	1
and it came to pass when all the people	1
and made all the nations	1
and of all the heathen	1
and that nation	1
and there shall be no nation	1
and these nations	1
and what nation	1
any more and the heathen	1
any more neither shalt thou cause thy nations	1
as a nation	1
as the heathen	1
as the nations	1
at them thou shalt have all the heathen	1
because that this people	1
before him all nations	1
behold me behold me unto a nation	1
behold the nations	1
but the nations	1
even all nations	1
every nation	1
for in all these the nations	1
for the heathen	1
for the nation	1
for the nations	1
for these nations	1
for what nation	1
from all nations	1
from being a nation	1
from one nation	1
hath a nation	1
him a nation	1
how did these nations	1
howbeit every nation	1
i made the nations	1
if that nation	1
in him all nations	1
itself any more above the nations	1
let all the nations	1
like unto all the heathen	1
me among the nations	1
me unto the nations	1
nor in any nation	1
not among these nations	1
not and nations	1
now shall they be among the gentiles	1
o nation	1
of all the heathen	1
of all these nations	1
of any nation	1
of him upon all nations	1
of my people	1
of nation	1
of them and the heathen	1
of them unto the nations	1
of thy nation	1
of thyself the nations	1
out of all nations	1
out of the nation	1
out of the nations	1
over all nations	1
over me like as all the nations	1
over the heathen	1
over the nations	1
over thee unto a nation	1
people	1
shall a nation	1
shall all the heathen	1
shall be among the gentiles	1
since it became a nation	1
so the heathen	1
so these nations	1
so with any nation	1
such as never was since there was a nation	1
surely the heathen	1
than did the nations	1
than the heathen	1
that they should be no more a nation	1
that this nation	1
that we also may be like all the nations	1
thee a nation	1
thee among the heathen	1
thee over the nations	1
them also among the heathen	1
them among the nations	1
them of the nations	1
then the heathen	1
therefore the nations	1
thereof and against all these nations	1
they among the heathen	1
this nation	1
this people	1
this whole nation	1
those nations	1
though all the people	1
till all the people	1
to a nation	1
to a people	1
to all the nations	1
to him whom the nation	1
to it shall the gentiles	1
until all the people	1
until the people	1
unto all these nations	1
unto him all nations	1
unto us from among the heathen	1
unto you by lot these nations	1
upon all nations	1
upon all the heathen	1
upon all the nations	1
us among the heathen	1
us from among the heathen	1
us from the heathen	1
us like all the nations	1
was in all nations	1
wherein the nations	1
why do the heathen	1
with all the nations	1
with the heathen	1
with the nations	1
ye among the heathen	1
ye among the nations	1
ye now among the heathen	1
ye this among the gentiles	1
you among the heathen	1
you from all the nations	1

Verses containing H1471

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Judges 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
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1 Samuel 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
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1 Samuel 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
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2 Samuel 7:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
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2 Samuel 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
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2 Samuel 22:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
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2 Samuel 22:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
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1 Kings 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
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Source alternate reference: 5.11
1 Kings 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
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1 Kings 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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1 Kings 18:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
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2 Kings 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
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2 Kings 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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2 Kings 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
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2 Kings 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
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2 Kings 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
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2 Kings 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
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2 Kings 17:29 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
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2 Kings 17:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
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2 Kings 17:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
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2 Kings 18:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
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2 Kings 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
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2 Kings 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
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2 Kings 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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2 Kings 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
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1 Chronicles 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.
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1 Chronicles 16:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
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1 Chronicles 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
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1 Chronicles 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
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1 Chronicles 16:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
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1 Chronicles 17:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
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1 Chronicles 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
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2 Chronicles 15:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
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2 Chronicles 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
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2 Chronicles 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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2 Chronicles 32:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
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2 Chronicles 32:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
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2 Chronicles 32:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
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2 Chronicles 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
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2 Chronicles 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
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2 Chronicles 33:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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2 Chronicles 33:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
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2 Chronicles 36:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Nehemiah 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
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Nehemiah 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
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Nehemiah 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
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Nehemiah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
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Nehemiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
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Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
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