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

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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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Psalms 111:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
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Psalms 113:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.
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Psalms 115:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
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Psalms 117:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
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Psalms 118:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
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Psalms 126:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
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Psalms 135:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
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Psalms 135:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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Psalms 147:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
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Psalms 149:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
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Proverbs 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
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Isaiah 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
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Isaiah 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
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Isaiah 2:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
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Isaiah 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
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Isaiah 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
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Source alternate reference: 8.23
Isaiah 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
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Source alternate reference: 9.2
Isaiah 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
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Isaiah 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
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Isaiah 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
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Isaiah 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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Isaiah 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
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Isaiah 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
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Isaiah 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
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Isaiah 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
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Isaiah 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
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Isaiah 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
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Isaiah 14:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
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Isaiah 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
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Isaiah 18:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
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Isaiah 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
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Isaiah 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
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Isaiah 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
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Isaiah 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
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Isaiah 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
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Isaiah 26:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
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Isaiah 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
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Isaiah 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
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Isaiah 30:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
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Isaiah 33:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
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Isaiah 34:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
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Isaiah 34:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
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Isaiah 36:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
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Isaiah 37:12 · 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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Isaiah 40:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
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Isaiah 40:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
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Isaiah 41:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
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Isaiah 42:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
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Isaiah 42:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
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Isaiah 43:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
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