(Zeboim) Valley
גַּיְאStrong’s H6650gay
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gay is the Hebrew word usually translated “zeboim”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.”
Meaning
- § Zeboim = "speckled"
- Valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge
How it's translated
- zeboim 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
צְבֹעִים tsevoim · Zeboim
§ Zeboim = "speckled" city and surrounding valley in Benjamin between Jericho and Jerusalem
גַּיְא gay · (Zeboim) Valley
valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge Combined with tse.vo.im (צְבֹעִים " of Zeboim" H6650H)
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.