H1471

גוי

gawaya

Masculine noun, proper masculine noun · Apparently from the same root as גוה (H1465)

Rarely (shortened) גי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

Outline

nation, people

nation, people

usually of non-Hebrew people
of descendants of Abraham
of Israel

of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)
proper masculine noun
Goyim? = "nations"

Usages (11/11)

Zechariah 12:9

¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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Zechariah 14:3

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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Zechariah 14:14

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

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Zechariah 14:16

¶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Breakdown

to keep the feast of tabernacles Israel is going to have to force the heathens to observe the laws, showing that the heathens will not receive the new covenant: the new covenant says that Israel will follow the law by default (Hebrews 8:6-12)

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