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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 117:1
O PRAISE the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 117:1 · retained source text

¶ O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him all ye people.

1611 marginal noteRom. 15.11.

Psalms 118:10
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 118:10 · retained source text

All nations compassed me about: but in the Name of the LORD, will I destroy them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. cut them off.

Psalms 135:10
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 135:10 · retained source text

Who smote great nations: and slew mightie kings:

1611 marginal noteNum.21.2. and 4.25, 26,34,35.

Proverbs 24:24
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 24:24 · retained source text

He that sayth vnto the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse; nations shall abhorre him:

1611 marginal noteChap.17.15. isa.5.23.

Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 2:2 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in the last dayes, that the mountaine of the LORDs house shall be established in the top of the mountaines, and shall be exalted aboue the hilles; and all nations shall flow vnto it.

1611 marginal noteOr, prepared.

1611 marginal noteMic 4.1. &c.

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 2:4 · retained source text

And hee shall iudge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes: nation shall not lift vp sword against nation, neither shall they learne warre any more.

1611 marginal noteOr, sythes.

Isaiah 5:26
¶ And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:26 · retained source text

¶ And he will lift vp an ensigne to the nations from farre, and wil hisse vnto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.

Isaiah 9:1
NEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Neuerthelesse the dimnesse shall not be such as was in her vexation; when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grieuously afflict her by the way of the Sea, beyond Iordan in Galile of the nations.

1611 marginal noteOr, populous.

Isaiah 10:7
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:7 · retained source text

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart thinke so, but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:12 · retained source text

And he shall set vp an ensigne for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Iudah, from the foure corners of the earth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wings.

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