Hebrew word

gôwy

go'-ee

גּוֹי

What it means

a foreign nation

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

Where it comes from

rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as gêvâh (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing)

How the King James translates it

nations232
heathen128
nation98
gentiles25
people10

Every place it appears 493

Genesis10:5 10:32 12:2 14:9 15:14 17:5 17:6 17:16 18:18 21:13 22:18 25:23 26:4 35:11

Exodus19:6 33:13 34:10 34:24

Leviticus18:24 18:28 20:23 25:44 26:33 26:38 26:45

Numbers14:12 14:15 24:8 24:20

Deuteronomy4:6 4:7 4:8 4:27 4:34 4:38 7:1 7:17 7:22 8:20 9:1 9:4 9:5 9:14 11:23 12:2 12:29 12:30 15:6 17:14 18:14 19:1 26:5 26:19 28:1 28:12 28:36 28:49 28:50 28:65 29:16 29:18 29:24 30:1 31:3 32:8 32:28 32:43

Joshua3:17 4:1 5:6 5:8 10:13 12:23 23:3 23:4 23:7 23:9 23:12 23:13

Judges2:20 2:21 2:23 3:1 4:13 4:16

1 Samuel8:5 8:20

2 Samuel7:23 8:11 22:44 22:50

1 Kings4:31 11:2 14:24 18:10

2 Kings6:18 16:3 17:8 17:11 17:15 17:26 17:29 17:33 17:41 18:33 19:12 19:17 21:2 21:9

1 Chronicles14:17 16:20 16:24 16:31 16:35 17:21 18:11

2 Chronicles15:6 20:6 28:3 32:13 32:14 32:15 32:17 32:23 33:2 33:9 36:14

Ezra6:21

Nehemiah5:8 5:9 5:17 6:6 6:16 13:26

Job12:23 34:29

Proverbs14:34

Isaiah1:4 2:2 2:4 5:26 9:3 10:6 10:7 11:10 11:12 13:4 14:6 14:18 14:32 16:8 18:2 18:7 25:3 26:2 26:15 29:7 29:8 30:28 33:3 34:1 34:2 36:18 37:12 40:15 40:17 41:2 43:9 45:1 45:20 49:6 49:7 49:22 52:10 52:15 54:3 55:5 58:2 60:3 60:5 60:11 60:12 60:16 60:22 61:6 61:9 62:2 64:2 65:1 66:8 66:12 66:18 66:19 66:20

Jeremiah1:10 2:11 3:17 3:19 4:2 4:7 4:16 5:15 6:18 6:22 7:28 9:16 9:26 10:2 10:7 10:10 10:25 12:17 14:22 16:19 18:7 18:8 18:9 18:13 22:8 25:9 25:11 25:12 25:14 25:15 25:17 25:31 25:32 26:6 27:7 27:8 27:11 27:13 28:11 28:14 29:14 29:18 30:11 31:7 31:10 31:36 33:9 33:24 36:2 43:5 44:8 46:12 46:28 48:2 49:14 49:15 49:31 49:36 50:2 50:3 50:9 50:12 50:41 51:7 51:20 51:27 51:28 51:44

Lamentations1:1 1:3 1:10 2:9 4:15 4:17

Ezekiel2:3 4:13 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:14 5:15 6:8 6:9 7:24 11:12 11:16 12:15 12:16 16:14 19:4 19:8 20:9 20:14 20:22 20:23 20:32 22:4 22:15 22:16 23:30 25:7 26:3 28:7 28:25 29:12 29:15 30:11 30:23 30:26 31:11 31:12 31:16 32:2 32:9 32:12 32:16 32:18 34:28 35:10 36:3 36:4 36:5 36:7 36:14 36:15 36:19 36:20 36:21 36:22 36:23 36:24 36:36 37:21 37:22 37:28 38:12 38:16 38:23 39:7 39:21 39:23 39:28

Daniel8:22 12:1

Hosea8:8 8:10

Joel1:6 2:17 3:2 3:8 3:9 3:11 3:12

Amos6:1 6:14 9:9 9:12

Obadiah1:1 1:2 1:15 1:16

Micah4:2 4:3 4:7 4:11 5:8 5:15 7:16

Nahum3:4 3:5

Habakkuk1:5 1:6 2:5 2:8 3:6 3:12

Zephaniah2:1 2:5 2:9 2:14 3:6 3:8

Haggai2:7 2:14 2:22

Zechariah1:15 1:21 2:8 2:11 7:14 8:13 8:22 8:23 9:10 12:3 12:9 14:2 14:3 14:14 14:16 14:18 14:19

Malachi1:11 3:12