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
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- Zechariah 14:2הַגּוֹיִ֥ם׀ · the nationsFor I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Zechariah 14:3בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם · nationsThen the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
- Zechariah 14:14הַגּוֹיִ֜ם · nationsJudah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
- Zechariah 14:16הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsThen all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Zechariah 14:18הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsAnd if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Zechariah 14:19הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsThis will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Malachi 1:11 (2×)בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nations; בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsFor My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 1:14בַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · among the nations“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- Malachi 3:9הַגּ֖וֹי · nationYou are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
- Malachi 3:12הַגּוֹיִ֑ם · the nations“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.