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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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First occurrence: Genesis 10:5

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Joshua 12:23
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:23 · retained source text

The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one: the king of the nations of Gilgal, one:

1611 marginal noteGenes. 14.1.

Joshua 23:3
And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 23:3 · retained source text

And yee haue seene all that the LORD your God hath done vnto all these nations, because of you; for the LORD your God is hee that hath fought for you.

1611 marginal noteExod. 14.4.

Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 23:4 · retained source text

Behold, I haue diuided vnto you by lot these nations that remaine, to bee an inheritance for your tribes, from Iordan, with all the nations that I haue cut off, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. at the Sunne set.

Joshua 23:7
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 23:7 · retained source text

That yee come not among these nations, these that remaine amongst you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them, nor bow your selues vnto them.

1611 marginal notePsal. 16.4.

Joshua 23:9
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 23:9 · retained source text

For the LORD hath driuen out from before you, great nations, and strong: But as for you, no man hath beene able to stand before you vnto this day.

1611 marginal noteOr, then the LORD will driue.

Joshua 23:12
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 23:12 · retained source text

Else, if ye do in any wise go backe, and cleaue vnto the remnant of these nations, euen these that remaine among you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe in vnto them, and they to you:

Joshua 23:13
Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 23:13 · retained source text

Know for a certainety, that the LORD your God will no more driue out any of these nations from before you: but they shalbe snares and traps vnto you, and scourges in your sides, and thornes in your eyes, vntill yee perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath giuen you.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.33. numb. 33.55. deu 7.16.

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