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Lexicon :: Strong's H1471 - gôy

Aa
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 61 times in 58 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 2:1–Psa 113:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The uttermost parts of the eretz for your possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 - You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked shall be turned back to She'ol, Even all the nations that forget God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19 - Arise, LORD! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 - Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:49 - Therefore I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the eretz shall remember and turn to the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:28 - For the kingdom is the LORD's. He is the ruler over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10 - The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - You have made us like sheep for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the eretz melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the eretz."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:8 - God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, LORD God Tzva'ot, the God of Yisra'el, Rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 - But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:2 - That your way may be known on eretz, And your yeshu`ah among all nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11 - Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 - His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Yisra'el to dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A Psalm by Asaf. God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Yerushalayim in heaps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your name;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8 - You brought a vine out of Mitzrayim. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8 - Arise, God, judge the eretz, For you inherit all of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 - "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, That the name of Yisra'el may be remembered no more."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Declare his glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2 - The LORD has made known his yeshu`ah. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:15 - So the nations will fear the name of the LORD; All the kings of the eretz your glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:13 - They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - That he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:35 - But mixed themselves with the nations, And learned their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41 - He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 - Save us, LORD, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole eretz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 - He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:4 - The LORD is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens.

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