Valley
גַּיְאStrong’s H1516gay
Appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gay is the Hebrew word usually translated “valley of”, “valley” and “valleys”. It appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament.
“And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”
Meaning
- Valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
- § valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
- § valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
- § valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
- Valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
How it's translated
- valley of 18
- in valley of 11
- the valley 6
- in the valley 4
- and valley of 3
- the valleys 3
- and to the valleys 3
- and the valley 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 9
- Jeremiah 6
- Joshua 5
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Nehemiah 5
- Isaiah 5
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 14:5In contextAnd ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
- Numbers 21:20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
- Deuteronomy 3:29So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
- Deuteronomy 4:46On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, 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:
- Deuteronomy 34:6And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
- Joshua 8:11And 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.
All 54 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
גַּיְא gay · Valley
valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge Another name of to.phet (תֹּ֫פֶת "Topheth" H8612)
גַּיְא gay · Ge
§ valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
גַּיְא gay · Valley (Gate)
§ valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
גַּיְא gay · Valley
§ valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
גַּיְא gay · valley
valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “valley” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VAL'LEY, noun
plural valleys. [Latin vallis. See Vale.]
- A hollow or low tract of land between hills or mountains.
- A low extended plain, usually alluvial, penetrated or washed by a river.
- In building, a gutter over the sleepers in the roof of a building.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.