What does עַיִן · גּוֹי mean in the Bible?
עַיִן · גּוֹי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "before the eyes of the nations, publicly visible to them".
Hebrew · H5869, H1471
עֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם
An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) · a foreign nation ; hence, a Gentile ; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
גּוֹי H1471 a foreign nation ; hence, a Gentile ; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Pronunciation gwōy
Ethnic or national group distinct from Israel; carries covenantal exclusivity when applied to non-Israelites as Gentiles
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What does עֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם (ʿênê haggôyim) mean in the Bible?
עַיִן · גּוֹי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "before the eyes of the nations, publicly visible to them".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5869, H1471?
H5869, H1471 is connected to 1,464 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. before the eyes of the nations, publicly visible to them
Strong's H5869, H1471
Lexical occurrences 1,464 verses Source Gloss
before the eyes of the nations, publicly visible to them
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם is a primitive word - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain