Study Dictionary
nations
In Bible versions:
nations: NETGoyim: NET NIV
Goiim: AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a country defeated by Abraham
a country or town defeated by Joshua
a country or town defeated by Joshua
GOIIM [ISBE]
GOIIM - goi'-yim (goyim): This word, rendered in the King James Version "nations," "heathen," "Gentiles," is commonly translated simply "nations" in the Revised Version (British and American). In Gen 14:1 where the King James Version has "Tidal, king of nations," the Revised Version (British and American) retains in the text the Hebrew "Goiim" as a proper name. Some identify with Gutium. The Hebrew word is similarly retained in Josh 12:23.