Strong H1516H1516Qגַּיְא
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 H1516Q appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- valley7
First verses
- Joshua 15:8And 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:
- 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,
- 2 Kings 23:10And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 28:3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
- Jeremiah 7:32Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.