15 occurrences in 13 translations

'Nation' in the Bible

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

And I will make you {exceedingly} fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

He told me, "Pay attention! I'm going to make you fruitful and numerous. I'm going to build you into a vast nation of people and then I'll give this land to your descendants for an eternal possession.'

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”

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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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