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Isaiah 10:6

“I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גּוֹיgôwy · go'-ee
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
  • בְּ — preposition
  • ג֤וֹי — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
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.

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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.