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גּוֹי

gôwy · go'-eeHebrew · H1471

Derivation

rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing);

Meaning

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

In the King James Version

Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

Translated as

nations (232), heathen (129), nation (98), gentiles (25), people (10)

Where it appears

Found in 450 verses

Numbers
14:12, 14:15, 24:8, 24:20
Deuteronomy
4:6, 4:7, 4:8, 4:27, 4:34, 4:38, 7:1, 7:17, 7:22, 8:20, 9:1, 9:4, 9:5, 9:14, 11:23, 12:2, 12:29, 12:30, 15:6, 17:14 + 18 more
Judges
2:20, 2:21, 2:23, 3:1, 4:13, 4:16
1 Samuel
8:5, 8:20
2 Samuel
7:23, 8:11, 22:44, 22:50
1 Kings
4:31, 11:2, 14:24, 18:10
1 Chronicles
14:17, 16:20, 16:24, 16:31, 16:35, 17:21, 18:11
Ezra
6:21
Nehemiah
5:8, 5:9, 5:17, 6:6, 6:16, 13:26
Proverbs
14:34
Isaiah
1:4, 2:2, 2:4, 5:26, 9:3, 10:6, 10:7, 11:10, 11:12, 13:4, 14:6, 14:18, 14:32, 16:8, 18:2, 18:7, 25:3, 26:2, 26:15, 29:7 + 37 more
Jeremiah
1:10, 2:11, 3:17, 3:19, 4:2, 4:7, 4:16, 5:15, 6:18, 6:22, 7:28, 9:16, 9:26, 10:2, 10:7, 10:10, 10:25, 12:17, 14:22, 16:19 + 48 more
Lamentations
1:1, 1:3, 1:10, 2:9, 4:15, 4:17
Ezekiel
2:3, 4:13, 5:5, 5:6, 5:7, 5:14, 5:15, 6:8, 6:9, 7:24, 11:12, 11:16, 12:15, 12:16, 16:14, 19:4, 19:8, 20:9, 20:14, 20:22 + 48 more
Daniel
8:22, 12:1
Hosea
8:8, 8:10
Joel
1:6, 2:17, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9, 3:11, 3:12
Amos
6:1, 6:14, 9:9, 9:12
Obadiah
1:1, 1:2, 1:15, 1:16
Micah
4:2, 4:3, 4:7, 4:11, 5:8, 5:15, 7:16
Nahum
3:4, 3:5
Habakkuk
1:5, 1:6, 2:5, 2:8, 3:6, 3:12
Zephaniah
2:1, 2:5, 2:9, 2:14, 3:6, 3:8
Haggai
2:7, 2:14, 2:22
Malachi
1:11, 3:12

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