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גּוֹי (goy)

גּוֹי (goy) (Hebrew Lexicon • H1471 • nation, gentile, people group): nation, gentile, people group. Nation, body of people, pagan gentiles; geopolitical peoples of earth in distinction from Israel , yet promised redemption through seed of Abraham . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to The Flood & Noahic Covenant —In the tenth generation from Adam , Noah builds an ark to preserve life through the global Flood ( Genesis 6:14 , Genesis 7:6 ), leading to God's everlasting covenant with all living creatures and the repopulation of the earth through Shem , Ham , and Japheth .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Cush (Generation 12 • Child of Ham ): ( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Cush is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Ethiopia . (mentioned in Genesis 10 , 1 Chronicles 1 , Isaiah 11 ) Mizraim (Generation 12 • Child of Ham ): ( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Mizraim is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Egypt . (mentioned in Genesis 10 , 1 Chronicles 1 ) Put (Generation 12 • Child of Ham): ( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Put is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Libya . (mentioned in Genesis 10 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Persian Lamassu (Gate of All Nations) — Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Jeremiah 5:15 : "Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel , saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither un..."; Luke 21:10 : "Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:"; Job 12:23 : "He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.". Related canonical books and chapters: Deuteronomy 7 ( Deuteronomy • Chapter 7 (26 verses)), Isaiah 45 ( Isaiah • Chapter 45 (25 verses)), Jeremiah 50 ( Jeremiah • Chapter 50 (46 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

גּוֹי
goy
H1471 Hebrew
nation, gentile, people group

nation, gentile, people group. Nation, body of people, pagan gentiles; geopolitical peoples of earth in distinction from Israel, yet promised redemption through seed of Abraham.

מַשָּׂא
massa
H4853 Hebrew
burden, prophetic oracle, solemn pronouncement

burden, prophetic oracle, solemn pronouncement. Burden; prophetic pronouncement of weight and impending divine judgment against nations (Isaiah 13:1, Nahum 1:1, Malachi 1:1).

מִשְׁפָּחָה
mispaha
H4940 Hebrew
family, clan, kin group

family, clan, kin group. Clan, subdivision of tribe; the family groups of the earth blessed through the seed of Abraham (Genesis 12:3).

Interactive 3D Royal Portal Guardian • Esther 1 & Ezra 4:6

Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

In the tenth generation from Adam , Noah builds an ark to preserve life through the global Flood ( Genesis 6:14 , Genesis 7:6 ), leading to God's everlasting covenant with all living creatures and the repopulation of the earth through Shem , Ham , and Japheth .

ἔθνος
ethnos
G1484 Greek
a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations

a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations. Primary meaning: a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations, Gentiles. Strong's: a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan). Lexical nuances: a multitude, a company , whether of beasts or men (Hom.). a nation, people : Mt 21:43 24:7 , Mk 13:8 , Lk 22:25 , Ac 10:35 , al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Lk 7:5 23:2 , Jo 11:48 , 50-53 18:35 , Ac 10:22 24:3 , 10 26:4 28:19 . In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם ), the nations , as distinct from Israel, Gentiles : Mt 4:15 6:32 , Ac 26:17 , Ro 3:29 11:11 15:10 , Ga 2:8 , al.; of G...

Deuteronomy 7
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 7 (26 verses)

When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greate... Mentions: Egypt .

Isaiah 45
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Isaiah • Chapter 45 (25 verses)

Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight:... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Ethiopia .

Jeremiah 50
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Jeremiah • Chapter 50 (46 verses)

The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idol... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Babylon, Zion , Chaldea , Assyria , Carmel .

Isaiah 9
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Isaiah • Chapter 9 (21 verses)

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali , and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan , in Galilee of the nations. The people that w... Mentions: Zebulun , Naphtali , Midian , David , Jacob/Israel , Jordan , Galilee , Ephraim , Samaria .

Psalms 117
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Psalms • Chapter 117 (2 verses)

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

Micah 4
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Micah • Chapter 4 (13 verses)

But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mou... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Deuteronomy 19
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 19 (21 verses)

When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

מָשַׁל
masal
H4910 Hebrew
to rule, govern, hold dominion

to rule, govern, hold dominion. To exercise dominion, rule over; used of God's universal sovereign rule over all nations and creation (Psalm 103:19).

Amos 6
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Amos • Chapter 6 (14 verses)

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion , and trust in the mountain of Samaria , which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh , and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better tha... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Joseph , Zion , Samaria , Calneh , Hamath , Gath .

מְלוּכָה
meluka
H4410 Hebrew
kingship, royal dominion, realm

kingship, royal dominion, realm. Kingship, royal sovereignty, kingdom; 'For the kingdom is the LORD's, and He rules over the nations' (Psalm 22:28).

Lamentations
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Old Testament • 5 Chapters

Lamentations (Old Testament, 5 chapters). Key figures: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ). Key places: Zion , Jerusalem , Sodom , Edom. Opens with: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess am..."

Judges 3
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Judges • Chapter 3 (31 verses)

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, fiv... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Baal , Moses , Othniel , Lebanon , Hamath , Mesopotamia .

Cush
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Generation 12 • Child of Ham

( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Cush is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Ethiopia .

Daniel 4
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Daniel • Chapter 4 (37 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his king... Mentions: Daniel , Babylon .

Mizraim
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Generation 12 • Child of Ham

( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Mizraim is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Egypt .

Deuteronomy 9
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 9 (29 verses)

Hear, O Israel : Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand befo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Aaron , Jordan , Egypt , Horeb , Taberah , Massah .

Genesis 14
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Genesis • Chapter 14 (24 verses)

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar , Arioch king of Ellasar , Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom , and with Birsha king of Gomorrah , Shinab king of Admah , and Shemeber king of Zeboiim , and the kin... Mentions: Elam , Bela , Ham , Amalekites , Lot , Shinar , Ellasar , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Ezekiel 32
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Ezekiel • Chapter 32 (32 verses)

And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt , and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as ... Mentions: Asshur , Elam , Esau ( Edom ), Egypt , Babylon , Meshech .

Isaiah 43
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Isaiah • Chapter 43 (28 verses)

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob , and he that formed thee, O Israel , Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Egypt , Ethiopia , Seba , Babylon .

Isaiah 2
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Isaiah • Chapter 2 (22 verses)

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem . And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. A... Mentions: Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Zion , Lebanon , Bashan , Tarshish .

1 Kings 11
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1 Kings • Chapter 11 (43 verses)

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel , Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in... Mentions: Solomon , Moabites , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , David , Moab , Jerusalem , Ammon , Jerusalem's , Edom .

Deuteronomy 12
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 12 (32 verses)

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their ... Mentions: Jordan .

2 Chronicles 33
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 33 (25 verses)

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem : But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel . For he built again th... Mentions: Manasseh , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , David , Solomon , Jerusalem , Assyria , Babylon , Gihon 2 , Ophel .

2 Kings 21
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2 Kings • Chapter 21 (26 verses)

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Hephzi–bah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of... Mentions: Manasseh , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Baal , David , Jerusalem , Samaria , Egypt , Uzza .

Ezekiel 16
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Ezekiel • Chapter 16 (63 verses)

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem ; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan ; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. Mentions: Canaan , Jerusalem, Chaldea , Samaria , Sodom .

Put
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Generation 12 • Child of Ham

( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Put is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Libya .

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Ezra 9
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Ezra • Chapter 9 (15 verses)

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel , and the priests, and the Levites , have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Je... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ammonites , Moabites , Judah , Persia , Jerusalem .

Isaiah 34
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Isaiah • Chapter 34 (17 verses)

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath d... Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Edom, Bozrah 1 , Zion .

Isaiah 64
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Isaiah • Chapter 64 (12 verses)

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presen... Mentions: Zion , Jerusalem .

Scripture Passages (24)

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel , saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

Genesis 10:32 (KJV)
Genesis 10 KJV

These are the families of the sons of Noah , after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

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