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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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Psalms 67:4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 67:4 · retained source text

O let the nations be glad, and sing for ioy: for thou shalt iudge the people righteously; and gouerne the nations vpon earth. Selah.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lead.

Psalms 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 72:11 · retained source text

Yea, all Kings shall fall downe before him: all nations shall serue him.

Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 72:17 · retained source text

His name shall endure for euer: his name shalbe continued as long as the sunne: and men shalbe blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall be.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shalbe as a sonne to continue his fathers name for euer.

Psalms 86:9
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 86:9 · retained source text

All nations whom thou hast made, shall come and worship before thee, O LORD: and shall glorifie thy Name.

Psalms 96:5
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 96:5 · retained source text

For all the gods of the nations are idoles: but the LORD made the heauens.

Psalms 106:27
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 106:27 · retained source text

To ouerthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to make them fall.

Psalms 106:34
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 106:34 · retained source text

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

1611 marginal noteDeut.7.1.

Psalms 108:3
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 108:3 · retained source text

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I wil sing praises vnto thee among the nations.

Psalms 113:4
The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 113:4 · retained source text

The LORD is high aboue all nations: and his glory aboue the heauens.

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