1471a – גּוֹי (goj)

nation

Type:	Noun Noun   masc. ♂ masculine
Hebrew:	גּוֹי (goj)
Pronunciation:	gåj    Listen
Gematria:	19(3 + 6 + 10)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	rarely (shortened) גֹּי apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing)
Usage:	558 times in OT

Description

1) nation, people
1a) nation, people
1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people
1a2) of descendants of Abraham
1a3) of Israel
1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)
n pr m
1c) Goyim? = "nations"

Synonyms

גּוֹי	goj	♂	H1471a	(558 ggr)	nation
אֻמָּה	ommah	♀	H0523	(7 ggr)	people
לְאֹם	leom	♂	H3816	(31 ggr)	people
עַם	am	♂	H5971a	(1837 ggr)	people

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word goj was translated to the following:

ἄνθρωπος	anthropos	G0444	man
γῆ	ge	G1093	earth
ἔθνος	ethnos	G1484	Gentiles
ἐχθρός	echthros	G2190	enemy
λαός	laos	G2992	people
πάροικος	paroikos	G3941	stranger
φυλή	phule	G5443	tribe

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