Strongs Number: H1471
| Hebrew Word: | גּוֹי |
| Transliteration: | gôwy |
| Phonetic: | go'-ee |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs Definition: | a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
| BDB Definition: |
1. nation, people a. nation, people 1. usually of non-Hebrew people 2. of descendants of Abraham 3. of Israel b. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m c. Goyim? = "nations" |
| Origin: | Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing) |
| Bible Usage: | {Gentile} {heathen} {nation} people. |