Topic
Heathen
53 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 14:18–20Nave INSTANCES OF — Melchizedek
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath…
- Genesis 18:18Easton
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
- Genesis 20:1–18Nave INSTANCES OF — Abimelech
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a…
- Genesis 20:3–7Nave Divine revelations given to — Abimelech
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife. But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?…
- Genesis 41:1–28Nave Divine revelations given to — Pharaoh
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up…
- Exodus 18:1–27Nave INSTANCES OF — Jethro
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had…
- Leviticus 18:24Nave Cast out of Canaan
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
- Leviticus 18:25Nave Cast out of Canaan
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
- Leviticus 20:23Easton
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Leviticus 26:14–45Easton
¶ But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you;…
- Numbers 22:1–41Nave Divine revelations given to — Balaam
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab…
- Deuteronomy 28:1–68Easton
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all…
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- Joshua 23:7 Easton
- 1 Kings 11:2 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 Nave Divine revelations given to — Cyrus
- Ezra 1:1–4 Nave Divine revelations given to — Cyrus
- Ezra 1:1–3 Nave INSTANCES OF — Cyrus
- Job 4:1–21 Nave INSTANCES OF — Eliphaz
- Job 8:1–22 Nave INSTANCES OF — Bildad
- Job 11:1–20 Nave INSTANCES OF — Zophar
- Job 32:1–22 Nave INSTANCES OF — Elihu
- Psalms 9:5 Easton
- Psalms 9:15 Easton
- Psalms 9:17 Easton
- Psalms 44:2 Nave Cast out of Canaan
- Psalms 78:55 Nave Their land given to Israel
- Psalms 105:44 Nave Their land given to Israel
- Psalms 106:47 Easton
- Psalms 135:12 Nave Their land given to Israel
- Psalms 136:21 Nave Their land given to Israel
- Psalms 136:22 Nave Their land given to Israel
- Isaiah 36:18 Easton
- Isaiah 54:1–3 Nave Their land given to Israel
- Isaiah 65:5 Nave Pious people among
- Jeremiah 46:28 Easton
- Lamentations 1:3 Easton
- Lamentations 1:10 Nave Excluded from the temple
- Daniel 4:1–18 Nave Divine revelations given to — Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 4:1–37 Nave INSTANCES OF — Nebuchadnezzar, after his restoration
- Daniel 5:5 Nave Divine revelations given to — Belshazzar
- Daniel 5:24–29 Nave Divine revelations given to — Belshazzar
- Jonah 3:5–10 Nave INSTANCES OF — The Ninevites
- Matthew 2:1–11 Nave Divine revelations given to — The Magi (wise men from the east)
- Matthew 2:1–12 Nave INSTANCES OF — The Magi (the wise men from the east)
- Matthew 6:7 Easton
- Matthew 8:5–13 Nave Divine revelations given to — The centurion at Capernaum
- Luke 7:2–9 Nave Divine revelations given to — The centurion at Capernaum
- Acts 10:1–7 Nave Divine revelations given to — Cornelius
- Acts 10:1–48 Nave INSTANCES OF — The centurion at Caesarea
- Acts 10:35 Nave Pious people among
- Acts 22:21 Easton
- Galatians 3:8 Easton
- Galatians 3:14 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 17 references
(Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the other goyim. They were a separate people (Lev. 20:23; 26:14-45; Deut. 28), and the other nations, the Amorites, Hittites, etc., were the goyim, the heathen, with whom the Jews were forbidden to be associated in any way (Josh. 23:7; 1 Kings 11:2). The practice of idolatry was the characteristic of these nations, and hence the word came to designate idolaters (Ps. 106:47; Jer. 46:28; Lam. 1:3; Isa. 36:18), the wicked (Ps. 9:5, 15, 17).
The corresponding Greek word in the New Testament, ethne, has similar shades of meaning. In Acts 22:21, Gal. 3:14, it denotes the people of the earth generally; and in Matt. 6:7, an idolater. In modern usage the word denotes all nations that are strangers to revealed religion.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
he'-th'-n, he'-then.
See GENTILES.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 39 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Under this heading are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant)
- → Cast out of Canaan Le 18:24,25; Ps 44:2
- → Their land given to Israel Ps 78:55; 105:44; 135:12; 136:21,22; Isa 54:1-3
- → Excluded from the temple La 1:10
- → Wicked practices of
- See IDOLATRY
- → Divine revelations given to
- → Pious people among Isa 65:5; Ac 10:35
- → INSTANCES OF
- Melchizedek Ge 14:18-20
- Abimelech Ge 20
- Balaam Nu 22
- Jethro Ex 18
- Cyrus Ezr 1:1-3
- Eliphaz Job 4
- Bildad Job 8
- Zophar Job 11
- Elihu Job 32
- Nebuchadnezzar, after his restoration Da 4
- The Ninevites Jon 3:5-10
- The Magi (the wise men from the east) Mt 2:1-12
- The centurion at Capernaum Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:2-9
- The centurion at Caesarea Ac 10
- See GENTILES
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.