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 66:12גּוֹיִ֖ם · of nationsFor this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- Isaiah 66:18הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · nations“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Isaiah 66:19 (2×)הַגּוֹיִ֞ם · the nations; בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ · among the nationsI will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
- Isaiah 66:20הַגּוֹיִ֣ם׀ · the nationsAnd they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 1:5לַגּוֹיִ֖ם · to the nations“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Jeremiah 1:10הַגּוֹיִם֙ · nationsSee, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Jeremiah 2:11גּוֹי֙ · Has a nationHas a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- Jeremiah 3:17הַגּוֹיִ֛ם · the nationsAt that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
- Jeremiah 3:19גּוֹיִ֑ם · the nationsThen I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Jeremiah 4:2גּוֹיִ֖ם · then the nations…and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
- Jeremiah 4:7גּוֹיִ֔ם · of nationsA lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
- Jeremiah 4:16לַגּוֹיִ֗ם · the nationsWarn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 5:9בְּג֣וֹי · on such a nationShould I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:15 (4×)גּ֧וֹי · nation; גּ֣וֹי׀ · nation; גּ֤וֹי · nation; גּ֚וֹי · a nationBehold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
- Jeremiah 5:29בְּג֣וֹי · on such a nationShould I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 6:18הַגּוֹיִ֑ם · O nationsTherefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
- Jeremiah 6:22וְג֣וֹי · nationThis is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Jeremiah 7:28הַגּוֹי֙ · is the nationTherefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
- Jeremiah 9:9בְּג֣וֹי · such a nationShould I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
- Jeremiah 9:16בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsI will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
- Jeremiah 9:26הַגּוֹיִם֙ · these nationsEgypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- Jeremiah 10:2 (2×)הַגּוֹיִם֙ · of the nations; הַגּוֹיִ֖ם · the nations [themselves]This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
- Jeremiah 10:7 (2×)הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · of nations; הַגּוֹיִ֛ם · of the nationsWho would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
- Jeremiah 10:10גוֹיִ֖ם · and the nationsBut the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Jeremiah 10:25הַגּוֹיִם֙ · the nationsPour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
- Jeremiah 12:17הַגּ֥וֹי · nationBut if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 14:22הַגּוֹיִם֙ · of the nationsCan the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
- Jeremiah 16:19גּוֹיִ֤ם · the nationsO LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Jeremiah 18:7גּ֖וֹי · a nationAt any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
- Jeremiah 18:8הַגּ֣וֹי · nationBut if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Jeremiah 18:9גּ֖וֹי · a nationAnd if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
- Jeremiah 18:13בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · among the nationsTherefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
- Jeremiah 22:8גּוֹיִ֣ם · nationsAnd many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- Jeremiah 25:9הַגּוֹיִ֥ם · nations…behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Jeremiah 25:11הַגּוֹיִ֥ם · nationsAnd this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Jeremiah 25:12הַגּ֨וֹי · nationBut when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
- Jeremiah 25:13הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ · the nationsI will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
- Jeremiah 25:14גּוֹיִ֣ם · nationsFor many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
- Jeremiah 25:15הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsThis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
- Jeremiah 25:17הַגּוֹיִ֔ם · the nationsSo I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
- Jeremiah 25:31בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם · against the nationsThe tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 25:32 (2×)מִגּ֣וֹי · from nation; גּ֑וֹי · nationThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
- Jeremiah 26:6גּוֹיֵ֥י · the nations…then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”