Goiim, Goiim-related
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Gen. 14:1; Josh. 12:3). By the word “goyim” in the Hebrew text is generally meant pagan nations, that is, all peoples except the Israelites, but in the book of Joshua (12:23) the word “goyim” is used in the sense of a proper name, to designate a people or locality, namely: among the thirty-one kings defeated by Joshua on the western side of the Jordan, the king of Goiim in Gilgal is mentioned. In the book of Judges (4:2–13) another city, Harosheth of the Gentiles, is mentioned, which lay to the north of Palestine, near Kedesh of Naphtali, whereas the aforementioned Goiim was located at Gilgal (according to Eusebius: a small village 6 miles north of Antipatris).