Occurrences
Gôwy occurs 558 times in 508 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (23), Exodus (6), Leviticus (7), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (41), Joshua (12), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (11), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (6), Job (2), Psalms (58), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (66), Jeremiah (77), Lamentations (7), Ezekiel (81), Daniel (3), Hosea (3), Joel (8), Amos (4), Obadiah (4), Micah (7), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (7), Zephaniah (7), Haggai (3), Zechariah (17), Malachi (4)
- Genesis 10:5 — By these were the isles of the Gentiles (הַגּוֹיִם֙) divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:5 — By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations (בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם).
- Genesis 10:20 — These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations (בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם).
- Genesis 10:31 — These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations (לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם).
- Genesis 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations (בְּגוֹיֵהֶ֑ם): and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 10:32 — These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations (הַגּוֹיִ֛ם) divided in the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation (לְג֣וֹי), and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Genesis 14:1 — And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations (גּוֹיִֽם);
- Genesis 14:9 — With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations (גּוֹיִ֔ם), and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
- Genesis 15:14 — And also that nation (הַגּ֛וֹי), whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- Genesis 17:4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations (גּוֹיִֽם).
- Genesis 17:5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations (גּוֹיִ֖ם) have I made thee.
- Genesis 17:6 — And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations (לְגוֹיִ֑ם) of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
- Genesis 17:16 — And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations (לְגוֹיִ֔ם); kings of people shall be of her.
- Genesis 17:20 — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation (לְג֥וֹי).
- Genesis 18:18 — Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation (לְג֥וֹי), and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
- Genesis 18:18 — Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations (גּוֹיֵ֥י) of the earth shall be blessed in him?
- Genesis 20:4 — But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation (הֲג֥וֹי)?
- Genesis 21:13 — And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation (לְג֣וֹי), because he is thy seed.
- Genesis 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation (לְג֥וֹי).
- Genesis 22:18 — And in thy seed shall all the nations (גּוֹיֵ֣י) of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Genesis 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations (גוֹיִם֙) are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations (גּוֹיֵ֥י) of the earth be blessed;
- Genesis 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation (גּ֛וֹי) and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Genesis 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations (גּוֹיִ֖ם) shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Genesis 46:3 — And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation (לְג֥וֹי):
- Genesis 48:19 — And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations (הַגּוֹיִֽם).
- Exodus 9:24 — So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation (לְגֽוֹי).
- Exodus 19:6 — And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation (וְג֣וֹי). These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation (לְג֥וֹי).
- Exodus 33:13 — Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation (הַגּ֥וֹי) is thy people.
- Exodus 34:10 — And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation (הַגּוֹיִ֑ם): and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
- Exodus 34:24 — For I will cast out the nations (גּוֹיִם֙) before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
- Leviticus 18:24 — Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations (הַגּוֹיִ֔ם) are defiled which I cast out before you:
- Leviticus 18:28 — That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations (הַגּ֖וֹי) that were before you.
- Leviticus 20:23 — And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation (הַגּ֔וֹי), which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Leviticus 25:44 — Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen (הַגּוֹיִ֗ם) that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
- Leviticus 26:33 — And I will scatter you among the heathen (בַגּוֹיִ֔ם), and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Leviticus 26:38 — And ye shall perish among the heathen (בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם), and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
- Leviticus 26:45 — But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen (הַגּוֹיִ֗ם), that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
- Numbers 14:12 — I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation (לְגוֹי) and mightier than they.
- Numbers 14:15 — Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations (הַגּוֹיִ֔ם) which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
- Numbers 23:9 — For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations (וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם).
- Numbers 24:8 — God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations (גּוֹיִ֣ם) his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
- Numbers 24:20 — And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations (גּוֹיִם֙); but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
- Deuteronomy 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation (הַגּ֥וֹי) is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 4:7 — For what nation (ג֣וֹי) is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
- Deuteronomy 4:8 — And what nation (גּ֣וֹי) is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deuteronomy 4:27 — And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen (בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם), whither the LORD shall lead you.
- Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation (גוֹי֮) from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?