What does GOY mean?
Definitions for GOY
goy
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Princeton's WordNet
gentile, non-Jew, goynoun
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
Wiktionary
goynoun
A non-Jew, a Gentile.
Etymology: From גוי, from גוי.
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goy
Goy is a word used in Hebrew, Yiddish and English to mean a non-Jew.
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goy
A goy, derived from a Hebrew term, is a non-Jewish individual or, more broadly, refers to any nation that isn't Jewish. It is used in the Jewish religion to refer to someone who is not a Jew.
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Goy
Goy is the standard Hebrew biblical term for a "nation," including the "great nation" of Israel. Use of the plural, "nations," to refer to non-Jews is found from "I will cast out the nations before thee" and long before Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of "gentile". The latter is also its meaning in Yiddish.
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GOY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Goy is ranked #40672 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Goy surname appeared 537 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Goy.
76.7% or 412 total occurrences were White.
8.9% or 48 total occurrences were Asian.
5.7% or 31 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
4.8% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.7% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
0.9% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of GOY in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of GOY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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