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This word in the Auth. Ver. generally represents the Heb. âּåֹé , i.e., the nation as a body politic; in plur. âּåֹéַí , esp. of foreign nations, the GENTILES SEE GENTILES (q.v.); usually in the Sept. ἔèíïò , ἔèíç , Vulg. gens, gentes. Sometimes it represents the Heb. òָí , which means esp. the PEOPLE SEE PEOPLE (q.v.), Sept. ëáüò ; in poetry, ìְàֹí
ìְàֻîַּéí ; and in Chald. àֻîָּä . It means sometimes all the inhabitants of a particular country (Deu_4:34), the country or kingdom itself (Exo_34:10; Rev_7:9); sometimes countrymen, natives of the same stock (Act_26:4); sometimes the father, head, or original of a people (Gen_25:23). In the prophets the term "nations" is often used as a general name for the heathen or Gentiles (Isa_9:2; comp. Mat_4:15). SEE ETHNOLOGY.