36 occurrences in 13 translations

'Nation' in the Bible

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

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.

He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation,And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth;And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.

For Syria's leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

"How you have fallen from heaven, Day Star, son of the Dawn! How you have been thrown down to earth, you who laid low the nation!

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you.

Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel],“A vineyard of wine, sing in praise of it!

For when he sees his children,the work of My hands within his nation,they will honor My name,they will honor the Holy One of Jacoband stand in awe of the God of Israel.

all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace."

An oracle about the animals of the Negev: "Through a land of trouble, dryness, and distress, of lionesses and roaring lions, where there is no water, a land of vipers and darting snakes, he carries their riches on donkeys' backs, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot benefit them,

Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

Be careful not to let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, "The LORD will save us." Has any god of any nation ever delivered his country from the king of Assyria?

“I have declared [the future] and saved [the nation] and proclaimed [that I am God],And there was no strange (alien) god among you;Therefore you are My witnesses [among the pagans],” declares the Lord,“That I am God.

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it;Yes, let him recount it to Me in order,From the time that I established the ancient nation.And let them declare to them the things that are comingAnd the events that are going to take place.

“In fact, they are like stubble;Fire burns them.They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame [much less save the nation],There is no blazing coal for warmingNor fire before which to sit!

“Oh, that you had paid attention to My commandments!Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a [flowing] river,And your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea.

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אני 
'oniy 
Usage: 7

ערוה 
`ervah 
Usage: 54

פּרע 
Para` 
Usage: 16

καλέω 
Kaleo 
call , bid , be so named , named ,
Usage: 106

אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

אזרח 
'ezrach 
Usage: 17

אטם 
'atam 
Usage: 8

אל 
'al 
never , nay , neither , no , none , nor , not , nothing , rather than , whither , nothing worth
Usage: 727

אמּה 
'ummah 
Usage: 3

אמּה 
'ummah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

בּליּעל 
B@liya`al 
Usage: 27

בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

גב 
Gab 
Usage: 13

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

הוּה 
Havvah 
Usage: 16

טפר 
T@phar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

יצר 
Yatsar 
distressed , be straitened , be in straits , vexed , be narrow
Usage: 8

יתד 
Yathed 
Usage: 24

לאום לאם 
L@om 
Usage: 35

לח 
Leach 
Usage: 1

מגרעה 
Migra`ah 
Usage: 1

מולדת 
Mowledeth 
Usage: 22

מכרה מכוּרה 
M@kuwrah 
Usage: 3

מסמרה מסמרה מסמר מסמר 
Macmer 
Usage: 4

מער 
Ma`ar 
Usage: 2

מערם 
Ma`arom 
Usage: 1

משׂמרה 
Masm@rah 
Usage: 1

נבות 
Nabowth 
Usage: 22

נבל 
Nabal 
Usage: 22

נדב 
Nadab 
Usage: 20

נהלל נהלל 
Nahalal 
Usage: 3

נויתo 
Naviyth 
Usage: 6

נזר נזיר 
Naziyr 
Usage: 16

נחבּי 
Nachbiy 
Usage: 1

נחוּם 
Nachuwm 
Usage: 1

נחור 
Nachowr 
Usage: 18

נחליאל 
Nachaliy'el 
Usage: 2

נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 1

נחמני 
Nachamaniy 
Usage: 1

נחרי נחרי 
Nacharay 
Usage: 2

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 9

נחשׁון 
Nachshown 
Usage: 10

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 5

נכון 
Nakown 
Usage: 1

נעם 
Na`am 
Usage: 1

נעמה 
Na`amah 
Usage: 5

נעמי 
No`omiy 
Usage: 21

נעמן 
Na`aman 
Usage: 16

נעמתי 
Na`amathiy 
Usage: 4

נערה 
Na`arah 
Usage: 4

נערי 
Na`aray 
Usage: 1

נערן 
Na`aran 
Usage: 1

נפתּלי 
Naphtaliy 
Usage: 50

נקב 
Naqab 
Usage: 22

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 42

נתן־מלך 
N@than-Melek 
Usage: 1

עוּר 
`uwr 
Usage: 1

ערם עירם 
`eyrom 
Usage: 10

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

ערה 
`arah 
Usage: 15

ערם ערום 
`arowm 
Usage: 16

עריה 
`eryah 
Usage: 6

צפּרן 
Tsipporen 
Usage: 2

צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

רעה רע 
Ra` 
Usage: 669

רע 
Roa` 
Usage: 19

שׂוּם 
 
Usage: 26

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

שׁם 
Shum (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

שׁקף 
Shaquph 
Usage: 2

שׁר 
Shor 
Usage: 2

שׁריר 
Shariyr 
Usage: 1

שׁרר 
Shorer 
Usage: 1

ἀλλά 
Alla 
but , yea , yet , nevertheless , howbeit , nay , therefore , save , not tr ,
Usage: 461

ἀλλόφυλος 
Allophulos 
Usage: 1

ἄστοργος 
Astorgos 
Usage: 2

γενεά 
Genea 
Usage: 17

γένεσις 
Genesis 
Usage: 3

γένος 
Genos 
Usage: 17

γνησίως 
Gnesios 
Usage: 1

γυμνητεύω 
Gumneteuo 
be naked
Usage: 1

γυμνός 
Gumnos 
Usage: 9

γυμνότης 
Gumnotes 
Usage: 2

ἔθνος 
Ethnos 
Usage: 132

ἧλος 
helos 
Usage: 2

θλίβω 
Thlibo 
Usage: 9

κακία 
Kakia 
Usage: 10

μενοῦνγε 
menounge 
Usage: 3

Ναασσών 
Naasson 
Usage: 3

Ναγγαί 
Naggai 
Usage: 1

Ναζαρέθ Ναζαρέτ 
Nazareth 
Usage: 12

Ναζαρηνός 
Nazarenos 
Usage: 4

Ναζωραῖος 
Nazoraios 
Usage: 14

Ναθάν 
Nathan 
Usage: 1

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