Strong's H1471
גּוֹי
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Derivation
rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, גּוֹי is translated as: Gentile, heathen, nation, people..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.