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GOIIM

People & Groups • Old Testament
Goiim is a Hebrew term meaning nations or peoples. In a few Old Testament passages it is retained as a proper name for a people or territory ruled by Tidal or associated with Joshua’s conquests.
Biblical Usage
In Genesis 14:1 it appears in the expression Tidal, king of Goiim, and it is similarly retained in Joshua 12:23.