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
- Psalm 79:6הַגּוֹיִם֮ · the nationsPour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- Psalm 79:10 (2×)הַגּוֹיִם֮ · should the nations; בַּגִּיִּים · among the nationsWhy should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
- Psalm 80:8גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם · the nationsYou uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Psalm 82:8הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · the nationsArise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
- Psalm 83:4מִגּ֑וֹי · as a nation…saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Psalm 86:9גּוֹיִ֤ם׀ · the nationsAll the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Psalm 94:10גּ֭וֹיִם · the nationsHe who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- Psalm 96:3בַגּוֹיִ֣ם · among the nationsDeclare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
- Psalm 96:10בַגּוֹיִ֨ם׀ · among the nationsDeclare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
- Psalm 98:2הַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם · the nationsThe LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
- Psalm 102:15ג֭וֹיִם · So the nationsSo the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
- Psalm 105:13 (2×)מִגּ֣וֹי · from nation; גּ֑וֹי · nation…they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
- Psalm 105:44גּוֹיִ֑ם · of the nationsHe gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Psalm 106:5גּוֹיֶ֑ךָ · of Your nation…that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
- Psalm 106:27בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם · among the nations…to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- Psalm 106:35בַגּוֹיִ֑ם · with the nations…but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
- Psalm 106:41גּוֹיִ֑ם · of the nationsHe delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- Psalm 106:47הַגּ֫וֹיִ֥ם · the nationsSave us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Psalm 110:6בַּ֭גּוֹיִם · the nationsHe will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- Psalm 111:6גּוֹיִֽם׃ · of the nationsHe has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
- Psalm 113:4גּוֹיִ֥ם׀ · the nationsThe LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.
- Psalm 115:2הַגּוֹיִ֑ם · should the nationsWhy should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
- Psalm 117:1גּוֹיִ֑ם · nationsPraise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Psalm 118:10גּוֹיִ֥ם · the nationsAll the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Psalm 126:2בַגּוֹיִ֑ם · among the nationsThen our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Psalm 135:10גּוֹיִ֣ם · nationsHe struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
- Psalm 135:15הַ֭גּוֹיִם · of the nationsThe idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Psalm 147:20גּ֗וֹי · nationHe has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
- Psalm 149:7בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם · on the nations…to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
- Proverbs 14:34גּ֑וֹי · a nationRighteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
- Isaiah 1:4גּ֣וֹי · nationAlas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- Isaiah 2:2הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · nationsIn the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Isaiah 2:4 (3×)הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nations; ג֤וֹי · Nation; גּוֹי֙ · nationThen He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 5:26לַגּוֹיִם֙ · nationsHe lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- Isaiah 9:1הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · of the nationsNevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
- Isaiah 9:3הַגּ֔וֹי · the nationYou have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
- Isaiah 10:6בְּג֤וֹי · nationI will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Isaiah 10:7גּוֹיִ֖ם · nationsBut this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Isaiah 11:10גּוֹיִ֣ם · The nationsOn that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- Isaiah 11:12לַגּוֹיִ֔ם · for the nationsHe will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 13:4גּוֹיִם֙ · like nationsListen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
- Isaiah 14:6גּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsIt struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
- Isaiah 14:9גוֹיִֽם׃ · of the nationsSheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
- Isaiah 14:12גּוֹיִֽם׃ · nationsHow you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
- Isaiah 14:18גוֹיִ֖ם · of the nationsAll the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
- Isaiah 14:26הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · the nationsThis is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.