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H1471 · גּוֹי

gôwy

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

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

KJV gloss list in the source

Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

Source pronunciation notation: go'-ee

Derivation recorded by Strong

rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as H1465 (גֵּוָה) (in the sense of massing);

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