Strongs Number: H1471
- Hebrew Word
- גּוֹי
- Transliteration
- gôwy
- Phonetic
- go'-ee
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts
- BDB Definition
-
1. nation, people
a. nation, people
1. usually of non-Hebrew people
2. of descendants of Abraham
3. of Israel
b. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m
c. Goyim? = "nations"
- Origin
- Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing)
- Bible Usage
- {Gentile} {heathen} {nation} people.