גּוֹי (gôwy) — Gentile
Hebrew word study: גּוֹי (gôwy), Strong's H1471. a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV translation words: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Strong's H1471 is tagged on 560 words in 510 verses across 34 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 10:5 and last appears in Malachi 3:12.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 510)
- Genesis 10:5 — הַגּוֹיִם — the nations
- Genesis 10:20 — בְּגוֹיֵהֶם ס — in nations their
- Genesis 10:31 — לְגוֹיֵהֶם — to nations their
- Genesis 10:32 — בְּגוֹיֵהֶם — in nations their
- Genesis 12:2 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Genesis 14:1 — גּוֹיִם — Goyim
- Genesis 14:9 — גּוֹיִם — Goyim
- Genesis 15:14 — הַגּוֹי — the nation
- Genesis 17:4 — גּוֹיִם — nations
- Genesis 17:5 — גּוֹיִם — nations
- Genesis 17:6 — לְגוֹיִם — into nations
- Genesis 17:16 — לְגוֹיִם — into nations
- Genesis 17:20 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Genesis 18:18 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Genesis 20:4 — הֲגוֹי — ¿ a nation
- Genesis 21:13 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Genesis 21:18 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Genesis 22:18 — גּוֹיֵי — the nations of
- Genesis 25:23 — גוֹיִם — nations
- Genesis 26:4 — גּוֹיֵי — the nations of
- Genesis 35:11 — גּוֹי — a nation
- Genesis 46:3 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Genesis 48:19 — הַגּוֹיִם — the nations
- Exodus 9:24 — לְגוֹי — into a nation
- Exodus 19:6 — וְגוֹי — and a nation
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Related entries
Named in this entry's derivation: H1465 גֵּוָה (gêvâh).
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What does gôwy (H1471) mean?
A foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
How is H1471 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H1471 as: Gentile, heathen, nation, people..
How often does גּוֹי (gôwy) appear?
Strong's H1471 is tagged on 560 words in 510 verses across 34 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 10:5 and last appears in Malachi 3:12.
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