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. Zechariah 14:2הַגּוֹיִ֥ם׀ · the nations
    For 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.
  2. Zechariah 14:3בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם · nations
    Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
  3. Zechariah 14:14הַגּוֹיִ֜ם · nations
    Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
  4. Zechariah 14:16הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations
    Then 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.
  5. Zechariah 14:18הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations
    And 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.
  6. Zechariah 14:19הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations
    This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  7. Malachi 1:11 (2×)בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nations; בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nations
    For 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Malachi 3:9הַגּ֖וֹי · nation
    You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
  10. 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.