Strong's #1471: gowy (pronounced go'-ee)
rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}; apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:--Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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gôy
1) nation, people (noun masculine)
1a) nation, people
1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people
1a2) of descendants of Abraham
1a3) of Israel
1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (figuratively)
1c) Goyim? = "nations" (noun proper masculine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: apparently from the same root as H1465
Usage:
This word is used 559 times:
Ezekiel 34:28: "more a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour"
Ezekiel 34:29: "neither bear the shame of the heathen any more."
Ezekiel 35:10: "thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess"
Ezekiel 36:3: "and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up"
Ezekiel 36:4: "a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;"
Ezekiel 36:5: "of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea,"
Ezekiel 36:6: "because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:"
Ezekiel 36:7: "mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about"
Ezekiel 36:13: "land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;"
Ezekiel 36:14: "more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 36:15: "will I cause men to hear thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach"
Ezekiel 36:15: "of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord"
Ezekiel 36:19: "And I scattered them among the heathen, through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged"
Ezekiel 36:20: "And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned"
Ezekiel 36:21: "the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went."
Ezekiel 36:22: "for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went."
Ezekiel 36:23: "name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen"
Ezekiel 36:23: "which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD,"
Ezekiel 36:24: "For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring"
Ezekiel 36:30: "no more reproach of famine among the heathen."
Ezekiel 36:36: " Then the heathen that round about you shall know that I the LORD"
Ezekiel 37:21: "the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone,"
Ezekiel 37:22: "And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king"
Ezekiel 37:22: "no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms"
Ezekiel 37:28: " And the heathen shall know I the LORD do sanctify Israel,"
Ezekiel 38:12: "and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods,"
Ezekiel 38:16: "thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes."
Ezekiel 38:23: "in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 39:7: "my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD,"
Ezekiel 39:21: "And I will set among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see"
Ezekiel 39:21: "among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that"
Ezekiel 39:23: " And the heathen shall know the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because"
Ezekiel 39:27: "lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;"
Ezekiel 39:28: "their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left"
Daniel 8:22: "it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, out of the nation, but not in his power."
Daniel 11:23: "for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people."
Daniel 12:1: "never was since there was a nation even to that same time:"
Hosea 8:8: "is swallowed up: shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure."
Hosea 8:10: "Yea, though among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little"
Hosea 9:17: "hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations."
Joel 1:6: "For a nation upon my land, strong, and without number,"
Joel 2:17: "and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say"
Joel 2:19: "more make you a reproach among the heathen:"
Joel 3:2: "I will also gather nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat,"
Joel 3:2: "Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land."
Joel 3:8: "and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken"
Joel 3:9: "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all"
Joel 3:11: "Assemble yourselves, and come, ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither"
Joel 3:12: " Let the heathen be wakened, to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there"
Joel 3:12: "to judge all the heathen round about."
