Hebrew · Strong's H1471 · Noun (masculine)
גּוֹי
goy
nation
554times used
505verses
34books
How it's translated
- the nations175
- nations106
- among the nations65
- a nation30
- the nation22
- into a nation14
- the nations of10
- to the nations9
Definition
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.)
Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Ezekiel81
- Jeremiah77
- Isaiah66
- Psalms58
- Deuteronomy41
- Genesis21
- Zechariah17
- 2 Kings14
- Joshua11
- 2 Chronicles11
…and 24 more books.
Every verse
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