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
- Isaiah 14:32ג֑וֹי · of that nationWhat answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Isaiah 16:8גוֹיִם֙ · of the nationsFor the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
- Isaiah 18:2 (2×)גּוֹי֙ · a people; גּ֚וֹי · nation…which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 18:7גּ֣וֹי׀ · nationAt that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 23:3גּוֹיִֽם׃ · of the nationsOn the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
- Isaiah 25:3גּוֹיִ֥ם · nationsTherefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
- Isaiah 25:7הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · nationsOn this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Isaiah 26:2גוֹי־ · nationOpen the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
- Isaiah 26:15 (2×)לַגּוֹי֙ · the nation; לַגּ֖וֹי · the nationYou have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
- Isaiah 29:7הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · nationsAll the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
- Isaiah 29:8הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · nations…as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 30:28גוֹיִ֖ם · the nationsHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Isaiah 33:3גּוֹיִֽם׃ · the nationsThe peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
- Isaiah 34:1גוֹיִם֙ · O nationsCome near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
- Isaiah 34:2הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsThe LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
- Isaiah 36:18הַגּוֹיִם֙ · nationDo not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 37:12הַגּוֹיִם֙ · of the nationsDid the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- Isaiah 40:15גּוֹיִם֙ · the nationsSurely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
- Isaiah 40:17הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · the nationsAll the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
- Isaiah 41:2גּוֹיִם֙ · He hands nationsWho has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- Isaiah 42:1לַגּוֹיִ֥ם · to the nations“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Isaiah 42:6גּוֹיִֽם׃ · to the nations“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Isaiah 43:9הַגּוֹיִ֞ם · the nationsAll the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
- Isaiah 45:1גּוֹיִ֔ם · nationsThis is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
- Isaiah 45:20הַגּוֹיִ֑ם · from the nationsCome, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
- Isaiah 49:6גּוֹיִ֔ם · for the nationsHe says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Isaiah 49:7גּוֹי֙ · by the nationThus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
- Isaiah 49:22גּוֹיִם֙ · the nationsThis is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 52:10הַגּוֹיִ֑ם · the nationsThe LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 52:15גּוֹיִ֣ם · nations…so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- Isaiah 54:3גּוֹיִ֣ם · the nationsFor you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
- Isaiah 55:5 (2×)גּ֤וֹי · a nation; וְג֥וֹי · and nationsSurely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
- Isaiah 58:2כְּג֞וֹי · like a nationFor day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
- Isaiah 60:3גוֹיִ֖ם · NationsNations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Isaiah 60:5גּוֹיִ֖ם · of the nationsThen you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
- Isaiah 60:11גּוֹיִ֔ם · of the nationsYour gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
- Isaiah 60:12 (2×)הַגּ֧וֹי · the nation; וְהַגּוֹיִ֖ם · [it]For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
- Isaiah 60:16גּוֹיִ֔ם · of nationsYou will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 60:22לְג֣וֹי · nationThe least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
- Isaiah 61:6גּוֹיִם֙ · of nationsBut you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
- Isaiah 61:9בַּגּוֹיִם֙ · among the nationsTheir descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
- Isaiah 61:11הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · the nationsFor as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- Isaiah 62:2גוֹיִם֙ · NationsNations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Isaiah 64:2גּוֹיִ֥ם · so that the nations…as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
- Isaiah 65:1גּ֖וֹי · a nation“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
- Isaiah 66:8גּ֖וֹי · a nationWho has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.