Original: גֹּוי

Transliteration: gôwy

Phonetic: go'-ee

Short Definition: Gentile

Original: גּי גּוי

Transliteration: gôy gôy

Phonetic: go'-ee

BDB Definition:

1. nation, people (noun masculine)
   1. nation, people
      1. usually of non-Hebrew people
      2. of descendants of Abraham
      3. of Israel
   2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (figuratively)
   3. Goyim? = "nations" (noun proper masculine)

Origin: apparently from the same root as H1465

TWOT entry: 326e

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H1468, H1470, H1474