גּוֹי goy

Hebrew word for “nation” · Strong’s H1471 · used 561 times in 511 verses

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Meaning

1) nation, people; 1a) nation, people;

Senses in the lexicon

• nation (554)
• Goiim (3)
• (Harosheth)-hagoyim (3)
• Gentile (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for goy in context, with how often each is used:

• nations 352
• nation 122
• among the nations 72
• like the nations 3
• goyim 3
• haggoyim 3
• over the nations 2
• ¿ a nation 1
• over nations 1
• like a nation 1
• against the nations 1

Where it is used

Also in 22 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 36 (16), Jeremiah 25 (9), 2 Kings 17 (7), Jeremiah 50 (7), Deuteronomy 4 (6), Deuteronomy 28 (6), Joshua 23 (6), Isaiah 14 (6), Isaiah 60 (6), Jeremiah 51 (6)

Forms

• הגוים 180
• גוים 136
• בגוים 76
• גוי 62
• הגוי 28
• לגוים 17
• לגוי 16
• גויי 9
• מגוי 7
• בגוי 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with goy more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 32
• יָדַע yada “to know” 46
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 43
• הֶם hem “them” 45
• שֵׁם shem “name” 40
• כֵּן ken “so” 38
• אֲנִי ani “I” 38
• רַב rav “many” 32
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 40
• שָׁם sham “there” 35
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 31
• מַמְלָכָה mamlakhah “kingdom” 22

Key verses

The verses using goy that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 12:2 — 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:
• Psalms 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
• Psalms 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Psalms 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Isaiah 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above…
• Isaiah 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
• Isaiah 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide…
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.