גּוֹי
goy
nation
Strong's H1471Proper NounHebrewTWOT 326e

גּוֹי (goy) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning nation. It appears 567 times in 34 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1471).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 326e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 326e)nation, people; a Gentile, troop, flight; heathen
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גּוֹי noun, masculine: nation, people

Strong's H1471 גּוֹי: a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV:Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 326: גוה gwh — project, be convex

See it in Scripture

Genesis 10:5Exodus 9:24Leviticus 18:24

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