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גּוֹי H1471
H1471 is the Hebrew word גּוֹי, transliterated gôwy and said go'-ee. The King James Version most often renders it nations.
What it means
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
Where it comes from
rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 421 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Verses using גּוֹי
The first 40 of 450 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 10:5 · KJV
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:32 · KJV
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 12:2 · KJV
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 14:9 · KJV
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
Genesis 15:14 · KJV
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis 17:5 · KJV
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis 17:6 · KJV
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:16 · KJV
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Genesis 18:18 · KJV
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 21:13 · KJV
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 22:18 · KJV
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 25:23 · KJV
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 26:4 · KJV
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 35:11 · KJV
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Exodus 19:6 · KJV
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 33:13 · KJV
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
Exodus 34:10 · KJV
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
Exodus 34:24 · KJV
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
Leviticus 18:24 · KJV
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Leviticus 18:28 · KJV
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
Leviticus 20:23 · KJV
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Leviticus 25:44 · KJV
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Leviticus 26:33 · KJV
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Leviticus 26:38 · KJV
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Leviticus 26:45 · KJV
But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
Numbers 14:12 · KJV
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Numbers 14:15 · KJV
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Numbers 24:8 · KJV
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Numbers 24:20 · KJV
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Deuteronomy 4:6 · KJV
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Deuteronomy 4:7 · KJV
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Deuteronomy 4:8 · KJV
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy 4:27 · KJV
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Deuteronomy 4:34 · KJV
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy 4:38 · KJV
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 7:1 · KJV
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Deuteronomy 7:17 · KJV
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Deuteronomy 7:22 · KJV
And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Deuteronomy 8:20 · KJV
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 9:1 · KJV
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Common questions
What does Strong's H1471 mean?
H1471 is the Hebrew word גּוֹי (gôwy), meaning a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
How is H1471 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it nations (175 times), heathen (83 times), nation (72 times), among the heathen (35 times), gentiles (18 times), among others.
How many times does H1471 appear in the Bible?
גּוֹי (gôwy) is tagged in 450 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1471 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing).
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