Hebrew - English Dictionary
H1471 - Nations
| Strong's No.: | H1471 |
| Hebrew: | גּוֹי |
| Transliteration: | gôwy |
| Phonetic: | go'-ee |
| Word Origin: | Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing) |
| Bible Usage: | {Gentile} {heathen} {nation} people. |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 1. nation, people a. nation, people 1. usually of non-Hebrew people 2. of descendants of Abraham 3. of Israel b. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m c. Goyim? = "nations" |
| Bible References:
Nations |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
another ( 1 )
Gentiles ( 27 )
heathen ( 143 )
nation ( 102 )
nations ( 264 )
people ( 11 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.