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nations

Meaning of “nations”

Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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336 occurrences321 verses40 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 10:5

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2 Chronicles 7:20
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Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:20 · retained source text

Then will I plucke them vp by the roots out of my land which I haue giuen them, and this house which I haue sanctified for my Name, wil I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a prouerbe, and a by-word among all nations.

2 Chronicles 13:9
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Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 13:9 · retained source text

Haue yee not cast out the Priests of the LORD the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites, and haue made you priests after the maner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoeuer commeth to consecrate himselfe with a young bullocke and seuen rammes, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to fill his hand.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.14.

2 Chronicles 32:13
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Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:13 · retained source text

Know ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those landes any wayes able to deliuer their lands out of mine hand?

2 Chronicles 32:14
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Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:14 · retained source text

Who was there among all the gods of those nations, that my fathers vtterly destroyed, that could deliuer his people out of mine hand, that your God should bee able to deliuer you out of mine hand?

2 Chronicles 32:17
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He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:17 · retained source text

Hee wrote also letters to raile on the LORD God of Israel, & to speake against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands haue not deliuered their people out of mine hand: so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliuer his people out of mine hand.

2 Chronicles 32:23
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And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:23 · retained source text

And many brought gifts vnto the LORD to Ierusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Iudah: so that hee was magnified in the sight of all nations, from thenceforth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. pretious things.

Complete reference index — all 321 verses
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Where “nations” appears

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Genesis19 occurrences
18 versesExodus1 occurrence
1 verseLeviticus2 occurrences
2 versesNumbers4 occurrences
4 versesDeuteronomy39 occurrences
36 versesJoshua8 occurrences
7 versesJudges3 occurrences
3 verses1 Samuel3 occurrences
3 verses2 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses1 Kings3 occurrences
3 verses2 Kings7 occurrences
7 verses1 Chronicles5 occurrences
5 verses2 Chronicles6 occurrences
6 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah3 occurrences
3 versesJob2 occurrences
1 versePsalms22 occurrences
21 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah41 occurrences
41 versesJeremiah49 occurrences
45 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel39 occurrences
37 versesDaniel6 occurrences
6 versesHosea2 occurrences
2 versesJoel2 occurrences
1 verseAmos2 occurrences
2 versesMicah4 occurrences
4 versesNahum2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk4 occurrences
4 versesZephaniah3 occurrences
3 versesHaggai2 occurrences
1 verseZechariah10 occurrences
10 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew4 occurrences
4 versesMark2 occurrences
2 versesLuke4 occurrences
4 versesActs3 occurrences
3 versesRomans4 occurrences
4 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation19 occurrences
19 verses

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