Midvash

גּוֹיgôwy

גּוֺי: nation, people

Pronunciation: go'-ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1471

Meanings

1. nation, people (Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20; Genesis 10:31)

a. two nations (Genesis 12:2; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 17:6)

b. two nations, my people (Exodus 19:6; Exodus 33:13; Deuteronomy 4:6)

c. circle, district of the nations (Exodus 9:24; Exodus 34:10; Leviticus 25:44)

2. figurative (Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 2:14)

3. probably mutilated proper name see below (Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9)

גּוֺיִם: proper name [of a people]: probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted (Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 561 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:5 Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.
  • Genesis 10:20 These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
  • Genesis 10:31 These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
  • Genesis 10:32 Conclusion These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
  • Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
  • Genesis 14:1 About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).