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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 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 9 / 11 (Eze 30:23–Joe 2:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, H1471 and will disperse them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, H1471 and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11 - I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; H1471 he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - And strangers, the terrible of the nations, H1471 have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - I made the nations H1471 to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, H1471 and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:9 - I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, H1471 into the countries which thou hast not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, H1471 all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16 - This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations H1471 shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the H1471 famous nations, H1471 unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:28 - And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, H1471 neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:29 - And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen H1471 any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:10 - Because thou hast said, These H1471 two nations H1471 and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, H1471 and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen H1471 that are round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, H1471 and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:7 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen H1471 that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations H1471 any more, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15 - Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen H1471 any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations H1471 to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19 - And I scattered them among the heathen, H1471 and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:20 - And when they entered unto the heathen, H1471 whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, H1471 whither they went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:22 - Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, H1471 whither ye went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:23 - And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, H1471 which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen H1471 shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:24 - For I will take you from among the heathen, H1471 and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30 - And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - Then the heathen H1471 that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21 - And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, H1471 whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:22 - And I will make them one nation H1471 in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, H1471 neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:28 - And the heathen H1471 shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, H1471 which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:16 - And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen H1471 may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:23 - Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of H1471 many nations, H1471 and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:7 - So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen H1471 shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:21 - And I will set my glory among the heathen, H1471 and all the heathen H1471 shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:23 - And the heathen H1471 shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:27 - When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of H1471 many nations; H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:28 - Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: H1471 but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:22 - Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, H1471 but not in his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a H1471 small people. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:1 - And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation H1471 even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles H1471 as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 - Yea, though they have hired among the nations, H1471 now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:17 - My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation H1471 is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen H1471 should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

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