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goÌ„i´yim (גּוי×, goÌ„yim): This word, rendered in the King James Version “nations,†“heathen,†“Gentiles,†is commonly translated simply “nations†in the Revised Version (British and American). In where the King James Version has “Tidal, king of nations,†the Revised Version (British and American) retains in the text the Hebrew “Goiim†as a proper name. Some identify with Gutium. The Hebrew word is similarly retained in .