גּוֹי
nation
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
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Ezekiel 79 verses
- Ezekiel 36:6 גּוֹיִ֖ם n c mp Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
- Ezekiel 36:7 הַ/גּוֹיִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I have sworn, [saying], Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.
- Ezekiel 36:15 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ו/גוי/ך וְ/גוֹיַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs neither will I let you hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shall you bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shall you cause your nation to stumble any more, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 36:19 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם prep det + n c mp and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
- Ezekiel 36:20 הַ/גּוֹיִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Ezekiel 36:21 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֖ם prep det + n c mp But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.
- Ezekiel 36:22 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֖ם prep det + n c mp Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.
- Ezekiel 36:23 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם הַ/גּוֹיִ֜ם prep det + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:24 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- Ezekiel 36:30 בַּ/גּוֹיִֽם prep det + n c mp I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
- Ezekiel 36:36 הַ/גּוֹיִ֗ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and I will do it.
- Ezekiel 37:21 הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
- Ezekiel 37:22 לְ/ג֨וֹי גוֹיִ֔ם prep + n c ms n c mp and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
- Ezekiel 37:28 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.
- Ezekiel 38:12 מִ/גּוֹיִ֔ם prep + n c mp to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:16 הַ/גּוֹיִ֜ם ptcl def.art + n c mp and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:23 גּוֹיִ֣ם n c mp I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:7 הַ/גּוֹיִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.
- Ezekiel 39:21 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֑ם הַ/גּוֹיִ֗ם prep det + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.
- Ezekiel 39:23 הַ֠/גּוֹיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
- Ezekiel 39:27 הַ/גּוֹיִ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c mp when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 39:28 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there;
Daniel 3 verses
- Daniel 8:22 מִ/גּ֥וֹי prep + n c ms As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
- Daniel 11:23 גּֽוֹי n c ms After the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
- Daniel 12:1 גּ֔וֹי n c ms "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 8:8 בַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם prep det + n c mp Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
- Hosea 8:10 בַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם prep det + n c mp But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
- Hosea 9:17 בַּ/גּוֹיִֽם prep det + n c mp My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; And they will be wanderers among the nations.
Joel 8 verses
- Joel 1:6 גוֹי֙ n c ms For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a lioness.
- Joel 2:17 גּוֹיִ֔ם n c mp Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
- Joel 2:19 בַּ/גּוֹיִֽם prep det + n c mp Yahweh answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, And you will be satisfied with them; And I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
- Joel 3:2 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם בַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp prep det + n c mp I will gather all nations, And will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will execute judgment on them there for my people, And for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
- Joel 3:8 גּ֣וֹי n c ms And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, And they will sell them to the men of Sheba, To a faraway nation, For Yahweh has spoken it."
- Joel 3:9 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם prep det + n c mp Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war. Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
- Joel 3:11 הַ/גּוֹיִ֛ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
- Joel 3:12 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp "Let the nations arouse themselves, And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 6:1 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, And to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, The notable men of the chief of the nations, To whom the house of Israel come!
- Amos 6:14 גּ֑וֹי n c ms For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," Says Yahweh, the God of hosts; "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."
- Amos 9:9 הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
- Amos 9:12 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this.
Obadiah 4 verses
- Obadiah 1:1 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֣ם prep det + n c mp The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
- Obadiah 1:2 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֑ם prep det + n c mp Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised.
- Obadiah 1:15 הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
- Obadiah 1:16 הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.
Micah 7 verses
- Micah 4:2 גּוֹיִ֣ם n c mp Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, And to the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
- Micah 4:3 לְ/גוֹיִ֥ם גּ֤וֹי גּוֹי֙ prep + n c mp n c ms n c ms And he will judge between many peoples, And will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Neither will they learn war any more.
- Micah 4:7 לְ/ג֣וֹי prep + n c ms And I will make that which was lame a remnant, And that which was cast far off a strong nation: And Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever.
- Micah 4:11 גּוֹיִ֣ם n c mp Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, 'Let her be defiled, And let our eye gloat over Zion.'
- Micah 5:8 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֗ם prep det + n c mp The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the animals of the forest, Like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; Who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, And there is no one to deliver.
- Micah 5:15 הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will execute vengeance in anger, And wrath on the nations that didn't listen."
- Micah 7:16 גוֹיִם֙ n c mp The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
Nahum 2 verses
- Nahum 3:4 גּוֹיִם֙ n c mp because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.
- Nahum 3:5 גוֹיִם֙ n c mp "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
Habakkuk 7 verses
- Habakkuk 1:5 בַ/גּוֹיִם֙ prep det + n c mp "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.
- Habakkuk 1:6 הַ/גּ֖וֹי ptcl def.art + n c ms For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
- Habakkuk 1:17 גּוֹיִ֖ם n c mp Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
- Habakkuk 2:5 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
- Habakkuk 2:8 גּוֹיִ֣ם n c mp Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
- Habakkuk 3:6 גּוֹיִ֔ם n c mp He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- Habakkuk 3:12 גּוֹיִֽם n c mp You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger.
Zephaniah 6 verses
- Zephaniah 2:1 הַ/גּ֖וֹי ptcl def.art + n c ms Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,
- Zephaniah 2:9 גוי גּוֹיִ֖/י n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
- Zephaniah 2:11 הַ/גּוֹיִֽם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
- Zephaniah 2:14 ג֔וֹי n c ms Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
- Zephaniah 3:6 גוֹיִ֗ם n c mp I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
- Zephaniah 3:8 גּוֹיִ֜ם n c mp "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Haggai 3 verses
- Haggai 2:7 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp and I will shake all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Haggai 2:14 הַ/גּ֨וֹי ptcl def.art + n c ms Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.
- Haggai 2:22 הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
Zechariah 16 verses
- Zechariah 1:15 הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."
- Zechariah 1:21 הַ/גּוֹיִ֗ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."
- Zechariah 2:8 הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
- Zechariah 2:11 גוֹיִ֨ם n c mp Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.
- Zechariah 7:14 הַ/גּוֹיִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."
- Zechariah 8:13 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֗ם prep det + n c mp It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong."
- Zechariah 8:22 וְ/גוֹיִ֣ם conj + n c mp Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh."
- Zechariah 8:23 הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
- Zechariah 9:10 לַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם prep det + n c mp I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem; And the battle bow will be cut off; And he will speak peace to the nations: And his dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 12:9 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 14:2 הַ/גּוֹיִ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c mp For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
- Zechariah 14:3 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֣ם prep det + n c mp Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
- Zechariah 14:14 הַ/גּוֹיִ֜ם ptcl def.art + n c mp Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together: gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.
- Zechariah 14:16 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tents.
- Zechariah 14:18 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp If the family of Egypt doesn't go up, and doesn't come, neither will it rain on them. This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents.
- Zechariah 14:19 הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם ptcl def.art + n c mp This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents.
Malachi 4 verses
- Malachi 1:11 בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם prep det + n c mp prep det + n c mp For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 1:14 בַ/גּוֹיִֽם prep det + n c mp "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
- Malachi 3:9 הַ/גּ֖וֹי ptcl def.art + n c ms You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
- Malachi 3:12 הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp "All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Hosts.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“nation” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word גוי (gôwy). One archaism survives in the King James Version — “heathen” — where modern Bibles read “nations”; see the renderings breakdown. It turns up in 511 verses across 34 books, one of the most common footprint. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 10:5. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 511-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1471 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 511
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 511 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #87
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 87 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 511 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 511 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 333 verses · 65%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 96 verses · 19%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 82 verses · 16%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Nations 145×, Heathen 77×, Nation 76×
- American Standard Version†: Nations 212×, Nation 68×, Among the nations 54×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Nations 330×, Nation 107×, Among the nations 63×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Nations 311×, Nation 108×, Among the nations 51×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1471 across 558† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 88 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1471 across 559† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 115 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1471 across 553† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
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Renders H1471 across 563† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 42 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. nation, people Gn 10:5(×2), 20, 31, 32(×2) (all P) +; Is 2:2, 4(×2) = Mi 4:2, 3(×2); †Jb 12:23(×2); 34:29†; Pr 14:34; כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ Gn 18:18; 22:18; 26:4 (all J) Dt 28:1. e.g. Genesis 10:5
- a. specif. of descendants of Abraham, גּוֹי גָּדוֹל Gn 12:2 cf. 18:18 (both J), גּוֹיִם 17:6, הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם 17:4, 5 (all P); of Sarah גּוֹיִם 17:16 (P); of Ishmael גּוֹי 21:13, גּוֹי גָּדוֹל v 18 (both E), גּוֹי גָּדוֹל 17:20 (P); of Jacob גּוֹי וּקְהַל גּוֹיִם Gn 35:11 (P), גּוֹי גָּדוֹל 46:3 (E); of Ephraim מְלֹא הַגּ׳ 48:19 (J); of Moses גּוֹי גָּדוֹל Ex 32:10 (J) cf. Nu 14:12 (J) Dt 9:14; of Jacob and Esau as two nations Gn 25:23 (J). e.g. Genesis 12:2
- b. definitely of Israel Ex 19:6 (גּ׳ קָדוֹשׁ) 33:13 (both JE), Dt 4:6 (הַגּוֹי הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה, said by heathen cf. v 7, 8) v. also v 34, 26:5 cf. ψ 33:12, ψ 83:5 (said by enemies) Je 31:36; 33:24 Ez 27:22; in narrative Jos 3:17; 4:1; 5:8 (JE), v 6 (D), 10:13 (poet., no art.); of Israel and Judah as two nations Ez 35:10 (said by heathen) 37:22; of Judah Is 26:2, 15(×2) cf. 58:2; 60:22 Mi 4:7; once my people Zp 2:9 (‖ עַם); thy people ψ 106:5 (i.e. of י׳), cf. also Ez 36:13, 14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious Dt 32:28 Ju 2:20 Is 1:4; 10:6 Je 5:9, 29; 7:28; 9:8; 12:17 Ez 2:3 (del. 𝔊 Co) Hg 2:14 Mal 3:9.—Note. This definite ref. to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hex not P (yet v. Gn 17:4, 5, 6, 16; 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile proph.; not Chr.— e.g. Exodus 19:6
- c. usually of non-Heb. peoples Ex 9:24; 34:10 (JE) Lv 25:44 (H) Nu 14:15 (J) Dt 15:6(×2) 1 K 5:11 1 Ch 14:17; 16:20 Is 11:10, 12 + often; opp. Israel as עם י׳ 2 S 7:23 1 Ch 17:21(×2) ect., v. עם, cf. also Nu 23:9; note especially גְּלִיל הַגּוֹיִם Is 8:23 circle or district of the nations (v. גָּלִיל); also חֲרֹשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Ju 4:2, 13, 16 Charosheth of the nations, & מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Jos 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging to Gilgal (𝔊 Di to the district, i.e. ‘Galilee’); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous Lv 8:24, 28 (P) 20:23 (H) 1 K 14:24 2 K 17:8, 11, 15, 26, 29(×2) 2 Ch 28:3; 32:13 +, Ezr 6:21 Ez 5:6 +; hostile Gn 15:14 (J) Lv 26:33; 38, 45 (H) Dt 4:27; 9:4, 5; 18:9 1 Ch 16:35 Je 5:15 Ez 4:13 + often Je Ez, etc.; in simile Ez 20:32; 25:8; sometimes ‖ עַם ψ 33:10, 12 Is 11:10 Je 6:18, v. also Is 2:2, 4 comp. with Mi 4:1, 3. e.g. Exodus 9:24
- 2. fig. of swarm of locusts Jo 1:6; of all species of beasts Zp 2:14. e.g. Joel 1:6
- 3. גּוֹיִם Gn 14:1, 9 prob. mutilated n.pr. v. infr. e.g. Genesis 14:1
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Gn 12:2 nation, people (NH id. Gentiles, Ph. גו community, ܓܰܘܳܐ, Sab. גו id., DHMZMG 1883, 348)—ג׳ Gn 12:2 + 121 times; sf. i s. גּוֹיִ Zp 2:9, גּוֹיֶ֑ךָ ψ 106:5, גּוֹיֵךְ Kt Ez 36:13, 14, 15 (Qr wrongly גּוֹיַיִךְ cf. Co, who del. v 15); pl. גּוֹיִם Gn 10:5 + 410 times + Qr Gn 25:23 ψ 79:10 (Kt גיים) + 6 times Ez (var. emend. Co); cstr. גּוֹיֵי Gn 18:18 + 8 times, גּוֹיֵ 2 Ch 32:13 Ezr 6:21 (cf. Baer’s notes); sf. גּוֹיֵהֶם Gn 10:5, 20, 31, 32;—
I. n.pr.gent. Gn 14:1, 9, in phr. תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִם Tidʿal king of Goim; prob. a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî, a people NE. of Babylonia, COT on Gn 14:1; also KGF 258 al.; cf. also DlPa 233 f.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from גוה (gêvâh) (H1465) — back.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
גּוֹי
- crowd, people, nation; pl. גּוֹיִם gentiles, fr. which גּוֹי = נָכְרִי or עכו"ם, gentile, idolator. Tosef. Ab. Zar. III, 4 sq.; Y. ib. IV, 41ᵃ top contrad. to כותי (Bab. ib. 29ᵃ נכרי); a. v. fr.—Pl. גּוֹיִים, גּוֹיִם. Ab. Zar. I, 1 sq. in Y. ed. ג׳ (Bab. ed. נכרים, עכו"ם, Mish. עכומ"ז, נכרים indiscriminately); a. v. fr.—Fem. גּוֹיָה gentile woman. Y. Yeb. II, 4ᵃ top ואין בנך מן הג׳ וכ׳ thy son from a gentile is not called thy son but her son (Bab. ib. 23ᵃ נכרית); a. fr.—Pl. גּוֹיוֹת. Y. ib. IV, 6ᵃ bot. [Y. Gitt. I, 43ᵇ top, a. e. גויים לוקין, v. גַּיּוּס.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 166 distinct written forms H1471 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 106 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1471, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 472 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 511 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 10:5
- Exodus 9:24
- Leviticus 18:24
- Numbers 14:12
- Deuteronomy 4:6
- Joshua 3:17
- Judges 2:20
- 1 Samuel 8:5
- 2 Samuel 7:23
- 1 Kings 11:2
- 2 Kings 6:18
- 1 Chronicles 14:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
