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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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Ezekiel 19:4
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:4 · retained source text

The nations also heard of him, hee was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chaines vnto the land of Egypt.

1611 marginal note2.Kings 23.33. ier. 22.11.

Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:8 · retained source text

Then the nations set against him on euery side from the prouinces, and spread their net ouer him: he was taken in their pit.

Ezekiel 25:10
Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 25:10 · retained source text

Unto the men of the East with the Ammonites, and will giue them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembred among the nations.

1611 marginal noteOr, against the children of Ammon.

Ezekiel 26:3
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:3 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD God, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come vp against thee, as the sea causeth his waues to come vp.

Ezekiel 26:5
It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:5 · retained source text

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the middest of the sea: for I haue spoken it, saith the LORD God, and it shall become a spoile to the nations.

Ezekiel 28:7
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:7 · retained source text

Behold therefore, I will bring strangers vpon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beautie of thy wisedome, & they shall defile thy brightnesse.

Ezekiel 29:12
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 29:12 · retained source text

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countreys that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are layed waste, shall be desolate fourtie yeeres: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countreys.

Ezekiel 29:15
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 29:15 · retained source text

It shall be the basest of the kingdomes, neither shall it exalt it selfe any more aboue the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule ouer the nations.

Ezekiel 30:11
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:11 · retained source text

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slaine.

Ezekiel 30:23
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:23 · retained source text

And I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countries.

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