Bible Location
3 cross references
Goiim means 'nations' and can refer to a people-group or coalition rather than a single city. It is important where biblical texts preserve older names for mixed or non-Israelite political groupings. First appears in Gen 14:1.1
First appears
Gen 14:1
AI summary: Goiim is significant because it shows that some biblical locations preserve older political labels rather than normal town names. The word's association with nations or peoples gives it a collective rather than purely local force. The cross references present Goiim as a group-name embedded in the land and conflict traditions of the ancient Near East.1
Bible references
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AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.