גּוֹי
gôwy · go'-ee
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Lexicon
Derivation: rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing);
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- a foreign nation
- hence, a Gentile
- also, (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the hand that works
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גּוֹי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
561 occurrences · 561 OT · 0 NT · 167 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nations40 · 12%
- of the heathen36 · 11%
- among the heathen32 · 10%
- nation30 · 9%
- of the nations30 · 9%
- the nations26 · 8%
- among the nations19 · 6%
- the heathen18 · 6%
- of the gentiles13 · 4%
- a nation12 · 4%
- of nations8 · 2%
- all nations8 · 2%
- of all nations6 · 2%
- unto the heathen5 · 2%
- of all the nations5 · 2%
- of these nations5 · 2%
- the nation4 · 1%
- to the nations4 · 1%
- among the gentiles4 · 1%
- among all the nations4 · 1%
- upon the heathen4 · 1%
- and all nations3 · 1%
- from being a nation3 · 1%
- above all nations3 · 1%
- and all the nations3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.