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.
Traditional renderings: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
561 total
- Ezekiel 32:16הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · of the nationsThis is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 32:18גּוֹיִ֧ם · nations“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
- Ezekiel 34:28לַגּוֹיִ֔ם · for the nationsThey will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
- Ezekiel 34:29הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · of the nationsAnd I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
- Ezekiel 35:10הַגּוֹיִ֜ם · nationsBecause you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
- Ezekiel 36:3הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · of the nations…therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
- Ezekiel 36:4הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · of the nations…therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
- Ezekiel 36:5הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · of the nationsTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
- Ezekiel 36:6גּוֹיִ֖ם · of the nationsTherefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
- Ezekiel 36:7הַגּוֹיִם֙ · the nationsTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.
- Ezekiel 36:13גּוֹיֵךְ · and deprive your nationFor this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
- Ezekiel 36:14וְגוֹיֵךְ · your nation {of its children}…therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 36:15 (2×)הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · of the nations; וְגוֹיֵךְ · cause your nationI will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 36:19בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsI dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
- Ezekiel 36:20הַגּוֹיִם֙ · among the nationsAnd wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
- Ezekiel 36:21בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם · among the nationsBut I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
- Ezekiel 36:22בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם · among the nationsTherefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
- Ezekiel 36:23 (2×)בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nations; הַגּוֹיִ֜ם · Then the nationsI will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:24הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsFor I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Ezekiel 36:30בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ · among the nationsI will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
- Ezekiel 36:36הַגּוֹיִ֗ם · Then the nationsThen the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
- Ezekiel 37:21הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · the nations…you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
- Ezekiel 37:22 (2×)לְג֨וֹי · nation; גוֹיִ֔ם · nationsI will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
- Ezekiel 37:28הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · Then the nationsThen the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”
- Ezekiel 38:12מִגּוֹיִ֔ם · from the nations…in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
- Ezekiel 38:16הַגּוֹיִ֜ם · the nationsYou will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:23גּוֹיִ֣ם · nationsI will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 39:7הַגּוֹיִם֙ · Then the nationsSo I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
- Ezekiel 39:21 (2×)בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם · among the nations; הַגּוֹיִ֗ם · the nationsI will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
- Ezekiel 39:23הַ֠גּוֹיִם · And the nationsAnd the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
- Ezekiel 39:27הַגּוֹיִ֥ם · nationsWhen I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 39:28הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsThen they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- Daniel 8:22מִגּ֥וֹי · from that nationThe four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.
- Daniel 11:23גּֽוֹי׃ · peopleAfter an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
- Daniel 12:1גּ֔וֹי · of nations“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
- Hosea 8:8בַגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsIsrael is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
- Hosea 8:10בַגּוֹיִ֖ם · among the nationsThough they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
- Hosea 9:17בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ס · among the nationsMy God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Joel 1:6גוֹי֙ · a nationFor a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
- Joel 2:17גּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsLet the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
- Joel 2:19בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ · among the nationsAnd the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- Joel 3:2 (2×)הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations; בַגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsI will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
- Joel 3:8גּ֣וֹי · nationI will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- Joel 3:9בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsProclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
- Joel 3:11הַגּוֹיִ֛ם · nationsCome quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.