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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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  1. Ezekiel 30:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

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  2. Ezekiel 30:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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  3. Ezekiel 31:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

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  4. Ezekiel 31:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

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  5. Ezekiel 31:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

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  6. Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

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  7. Ezekiel 31:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

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  8. Ezekiel 32:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

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  9. Ezekiel 32:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.

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  10. Ezekiel 32:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.

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  11. Ezekiel 32:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  12. Ezekiel 32:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:

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  13. Ezekiel 34:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

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  14. Ezekiel 34:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

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  15. Ezekiel 35:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

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  16. Ezekiel 36:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

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  17. Ezekiel 36:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

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  18. Ezekiel 36:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

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  19. Ezekiel 36:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

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  20. Ezekiel 36:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

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  21. Ezekiel 36:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’

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  22. Ezekiel 36:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.

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  23. Ezekiel 36:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  24. Ezekiel 36:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

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  25. Ezekiel 36:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

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  26. Ezekiel 36:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.

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  27. Ezekiel 36:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

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  28. Ezekiel 36:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

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  29. Ezekiel 36:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

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  30. Ezekiel 36:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.

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  31. Ezekiel 36:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

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  32. Ezekiel 37:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

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  33. Ezekiel 37:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

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  34. Ezekiel 37:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

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  35. Ezekiel 38:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’

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  36. Ezekiel 38:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

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  37. Ezekiel 38:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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  38. Ezekiel 39:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

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  39. Ezekiel 39:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.

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  40. Ezekiel 39:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

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  41. Ezekiel 39:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.

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  42. Ezekiel 39:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.

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  43. Daniel 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.

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  44. Daniel 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

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  45. Daniel 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

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  46. Hosea 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

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  47. Hosea 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

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  48. Hosea 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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  49. Joel 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

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  50. Joel 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

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