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Gath

גַּיְאStrong’s H1661

gay

Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gay is the Hebrew word usually translated “gath”, “from gath” and “at gath”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.

“There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.”
Joshua 11:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. Valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
How it's translated
  • gath 17
  • in gath 8
  • from gath 4
  • at gath 2
  • for gath 1
  • gath towards 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 12
  • 1 Chronicles 5
  • 2 Samuel 4
  • 1 Kings 3
  • 2 Chronicles 2
  • Joshua 1

10 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 31 verses, by book
Joshua 1
11:22
1 Kings 3
2:392:402:41
2 Kings 1
12:17
1 Chronicles 5
7:218:1318:120:620:8
2 Chronicles 2
11:826:6
Psalms 1
56:1
Amos 1
6:2
Micah 1
1:10
Hebrew dictionary

גַּיְא gay · Gath

valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge Another spelling of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.