'Nation' in the Bible

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;

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

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.

seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

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

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great 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;

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: