Strong H151613 sensesגַּיְא

valley · (Salt) Valley · Valley (Gate) · (Iphtahel) Valley · (Hamon-gog) Valley · (Zeboim) Valley …

Transliteration
gay' gay
Pronunciation
{gah'ee} gah'ee

The 13 senses of Strong H1516

The lexicon tells 13 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1516 appears in 53 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. valleyH1516R29 verses · 13 books
  2. ValleyH1516QSite of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem7 verses · 4 books
  3. (Salt) ValleyH1516JValley where David and his commanders defeated enemies4 verses · 4 books
  4. Valley (Gate)H1516MA gate in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah4 verses · 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah
  5. ValleyH1516GSite of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem2 verses · Joshua, Nehemiah
  6. (Iphtahel) ValleyH1516HA valley on the border of Zebulun and Asher2 verses · Joshua
  7. (Hamon-gog) ValleyH1516NA valley where Gog and his army will be buried.2 verses · Ezekiel
  8. (Zeboim) ValleyH1516IA valley mentioned in connection with Saul's military campaigns1 verse · 1 Samuel
  9. GeH1516KValley of craftsmen; inhabited by Benjamites after the exile1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  10. (Zephathah) ValleyH1516LA valley where Asa defeated the Cushite army1 verse · 2 Chronicles
  11. ValleyH1516OA valley where Gog's army will be buried1 verse · Ezekiel
  12. GathH1516PPhilistine city; home of Goliath; refuge for David1 verse · 1 Samuel
  13. ValleyH1516SSite of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

Probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence {narrow} but not a gully or winter torrent): - valley.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • valley51
  • thereof2

First verses

  1. Numbers 21:20
    And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:29
    So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:46
    On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
  4. Deuteronomy 34:6
    And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
  5. Joshua 8:11
    And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
  6. Joshua 15:8
    And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
  7. Joshua 18:16
    And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,
  8. Joshua 19:14
    And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah–el:
  9. Joshua 19:27
    And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
  10. 1 Samuel 13:18
    And another company turned the way to Beth–horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
  11. 1 Samuel 17:3
    And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
  12. 1 Samuel 17:52
    And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
  13. 2 Samuel 8:13
    And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
  14. 2 Kings 2:16
    And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
  15. 2 Kings 14:7
    He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
  16. 2 Kings 23:10
    And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
  17. 1 Chronicles 4:14
    And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
  18. 1 Chronicles 4:39
    And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
  19. 1 Chronicles 18:12
    Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
  20. 2 Chronicles 14:10
    Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.