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Deuteronomy 28:50
“A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גּוֹיgôwy · go'-ee
H1471 · Hebrew
H1471 · Hebrew
- 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);
- KJV renderings
- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
- Grammar
- גּ֖וֹי — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 567 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:5Genesis 10:5Genesis 10:20Genesis 10:31Genesis 10:32
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גּוֹי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.