Strong's Hebrew · H1471
גּוֹי
gôwy · go'-ee
Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Definition
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Derivation
rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing);
Appears 560 times in Scripture
“All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.”
“These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.”
“against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.”
“These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.”
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
“In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim”
“From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.”
“But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).