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Gentiles

Meaning of “Gentiles”

Persons of the nations; in the New Testament, persons distinguished from Jews.

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129 occurrences121 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 10:5

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Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:22 · retained source text

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause raine? or can the heauens giue showres, Art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:19 · retained source text

O LORD, my strength and my fortresse, and my refuge in the day of affliction; the Gentiles shall come vnto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say; Surely our fathers haue inherited lyes, vanitie, and things wherein there is no profit.

Jeremiah 46:1
THE word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the gentiles;
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:1 · retained source text

¶ The word of the LORD which came to Ieremiah the Prophet, against the Gentiles,

Lamentations 2:9
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:9 · retained source text

Her gates are sunke into the ground: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her Princes are among the Gentiles: the Law is no more, her prophets also finde no vision from the LORD.

1611 marginal notePsal.74.9.

Ezekiel 4:13
And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the gentiles, whither I will drive them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:13 · retained source text

And the LORD said, Euen thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will driue them.

Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 8:8 · retained source text

Israel is swallowed vp, now shal they be among the Gentiles, as a vessell wherein is no pleasure.

Joel 3:9
¶ Proclaim ye this among the gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joel 3:9 · retained source text

¶ Proclaime ye this among the gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men, let all the men of warre draw neere, let them come vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sanctifie.

Micah 5:8
¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 5:8 · retained source text

¶ And the remnant of Iacob shal be among the Gentiles in the middest of many people, as a Lyon among the beasts of the forrest, as a yong Lyon among the flockes of sheepe: who if he goe through, both treadeth downe, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliuer.

1611 marginal noteOr, goats.

Zechariah 1:21
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 1:21 · retained source text

Then said I, What come these to doe? And hee spake, saying, These are the hornes which haue scattered Iudah, so that no man did lift vp his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the hornes of the Gentiles, which lift vp their horne ouer the land of Iudah to scatter it.

Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
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1611 witness · Malachi 1:11 · retained source text

For from the rising of the Sunne, euen vnto the going downe of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in euery place incense shall be offered vnto my name, and a pure offring: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hostes.

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