גּוֹי

goynation
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine561 occurrences34 books511 verses
This word comes from the name of Goiim.

Definition

rarely (shortened) גֹּי; 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
Traditional renderings: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

Glossary entries

Goiim Goyim

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

561 total
  1. Genesis 10:5 (2×)הַגּוֹיִם֙ · peoples; בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃ · within their nations
    From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
  2. Genesis 10:20בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃ס · and nations
    These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  3. Genesis 10:31לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃ · and nations
    These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  4. Genesis 10:32 (2×)בְּגוֹיֵהֶ֑ם · and nations; הַגּוֹיִ֛ם · the nations
    All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
  5. Genesis 12:2לְג֣וֹי · nation
    I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  6. Genesis 14:1גּוֹיִֽם׃ · of Goiim
    In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
  7. Genesis 14:9גּוֹיִ֔ם · of Goiim
    …against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
  8. Genesis 15:14הַגּ֛וֹי · the nation
    But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  9. Genesis 17:4גּוֹיִֽם׃ · nations
    “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
  10. Genesis 17:5גּוֹיִ֖ם · nations
    No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
  11. Genesis 17:6לְגוֹיִ֑ם · nations [of you]
    I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
  12. Genesis 17:16לְגוֹיִ֔ם · [the mother] of nations
    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  13. Genesis 17:20לְג֥וֹי · nation
    As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
  14. Genesis 18:18 (2×)לְג֥וֹי · nation; גּוֹיֵ֥י · the nations
    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  15. Genesis 20:4הֲג֥וֹי · a nation
    Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
  16. Genesis 21:13לְג֣וֹי · a nation
    But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
  17. Genesis 21:18לְג֥וֹי · nation
    Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
  18. Genesis 22:18גּוֹיֵ֣י · nations
    And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  19. Genesis 25:23גֹיִים · nations
    …and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
  20. Genesis 26:4גּוֹיֵ֥י · nations
    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
  21. Genesis 35:11 (2×)גּ֛וֹי · A nation; גּוֹיִ֖ם · of nations
    And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
  22. Genesis 46:3לְג֥וֹי · nation
    “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  23. Genesis 48:19הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · of nations
    But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
  24. Exodus 9:24לְגֽוֹי׃ · a nation
    The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
  25. Exodus 19:6וְג֣וֹי · nation
    And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
  26. Exodus 32:10לְג֥וֹי · nation
    Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
  27. Exodus 33:13הַגּ֥וֹי · nation
    Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
  28. Exodus 34:10הַגּוֹיִ֑ם · nation
    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
  29. Exodus 34:24גּוֹיִם֙ · the nations
    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
  30. Leviticus 18:24הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations
    Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
  31. Leviticus 18:28הַגּ֖וֹי · the nations
    So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
  32. Leviticus 20:23הַגּ֔וֹי · of the nations
    You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  33. Leviticus 25:44הַגּוֹיִ֗ם · the nations
    Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.
  34. Leviticus 26:33בַגּוֹיִ֔ם · you among the nations
    But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
  35. Leviticus 26:38בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם · among the nations
    You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
  36. Leviticus 26:45הַגּוֹיִ֗ם · of the nations
    But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”
  37. Numbers 14:12לְגוֹי־ · into a nation
    I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
  38. Numbers 14:15הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations
    If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
  39. Numbers 23:9וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם · among the nations
    For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
  40. Numbers 24:8גּוֹיִ֣ם · nations
    God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
  41. Numbers 24:20גּוֹיִם֙ · among the nations
    Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
  42. Deuteronomy 4:6הַגּ֥וֹי · nation
    Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
  43. Deuteronomy 4:7ג֣וֹי · nation [is]
    For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
  44. Deuteronomy 4:8גּ֣וֹי · nation [is]
    And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
  45. Deuteronomy 4:27בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם · among the nations
    Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  46. Deuteronomy 4:34גוֹי֮ · a nation
    Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?