Strong H1516H1516Gגַּיְא
Valley
One of the 13 senses of Strong H1516
- Transliteration
- gay' gay
- Pronunciation
- {gah'ee} gah'ee
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun
Definition
valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
Another name of to.phet (תֹּ֫פֶת "Topheth" H8612)
Another name of to.phet (תֹּ֫פֶת "Topheth" H8612)
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 biblical story
Topheth
Site of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem
Topheth, located in the Valley of Hinnom (also called the Valley of Slaughter or Baca Valley) south of Jerusalem, was a site of pagan child sacrifice that was defiled by King Josiah (2 Kgs 23:10; Jer 7:31-32; 19:2, 6, 11-14; 32:35; Isa 30:33).
In the Bible
Strong H1516G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- valley2
First verses
- Joshua 18:16And 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,
- Nehemiah 11:30Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.