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Lexicon :: Strong's H1516 - gay'

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גַּיְא
Transliteration
gay'
Pronunciation
gah'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same root as גֵּוָה (H1466) (abbreviated)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 343

Strong’s Definitions

גַּיְא gayʼ, gah'-ee; or (shortened) גַּי gay; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H1516 in the following manner: valley (60x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H1516 in the following manner: valley (60x).

  1. valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גַּיְא gayʼ, gah'-ee; or (shortened) גַּי gay; 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.
STRONGS H1516: Abbreviations
† גַּיְא noun masculineIsaiah 40:4 (feminineZechariah 14:4) valley — absolute גַּיְא Numbers 21:20 + 8 times + 1 Samuel 17:52 (compare below), גָּ֑יְא 1 Chronicles 4:39, גֵּיא Zechariah 14:4, גֶּיא Isaiah 40:4, גַּי Deuteronomy 34:6 + 2 times; construct גֵּיא Isaiah 22:1 + 21 times; גֵּי Joshua 15:8 + 13 times; plural absolute גֵּאָיוֺת Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 36:4, 6 + Ezekiel 7:16; Ezekiel 32:5 (strike out Co) + Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 2:16 Qr (so Co Ezekiel 6:3; Kt גיאות); suffix גֵּיאוֺתֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; — valley Joshua 8:11 (E) Micah 1:6; 1 Samuel 17:3; 2 Kings 2:16 (opposed to הַר) Isaiah 40:4 (opposed to גִּבְעָה, הַר), Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 35:8; Ezekiel 36:4, 6 (in all with גבעות אפיקים, הרים), Ezekiel 31:12 (opposed to הַר), compare Ezekiel 7:16 (strike out B Co) Ezekiel 32:5; specifically, valley in Moab, a station of Israel Numbers 21:20 (E); over against Beth-Peor Deuteronomy 3:29; Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 34:6; a valley near גְּדוֺר 1 Chronicles 4:39; חִזָּיוֺן ג׳ Isaiah 22:1, 5 near Jerusalem; שְׁמָנִים ג׳ Isaiah 28:1, 4 valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; שַׁעַר הַגּ׳ 2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 2:13, 15; Nehemiah 3:13; apocalyptic valley Zechariah 14:4, made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, compare הרים ג׳ Zechariah 14:5; Zechariah 14:5; valley of slaughter ההרגה ג׳, a future name of valley of Hinnom Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 19:6; 1 Samuel 17:52 (גַּיְא) Greek Version of the LXX reads גַּת compare We Dr; Jeremiah 2:23 of valley of Hinnom, see below; figurative Psalm 23:4 צלמות ג׳ compare צלמות; Ezekiel 39:11 הָעֹבְרִים ג׳, Co הָעֲבָרִים proper name compare below; elsewhere in combination with proper names: —
a. יִפְתַּח־אֵל ג׳ Joshua 19:14, 27 perhaps = Jotapata JosBJ iii. 7, 7; Rabbin. גופתתא RelandPal 816; — Tell Jefât RobBR iii. 107. GuérinGal. i. 476 f. compare BdPal 243.
b. הַצְּבֹעִים ג׳ 1 Samuel 13:18.
c. ־הַמֶּלַךְג׳ 2 Kings 14:7 (Kt; Qr omits article) 1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11 = ־מֶלַךְג׳ 2 Samuel 8:13; Psalm 60:2 (title); south of Dead Sea, in or bordering on Edom; el-Ghôr RobBR ii. 109.
d. הֶחָרָשִׁים ג׳ 1 Chronicles 4:14; Nehemiah 11:35, apparently near Lod & Ono, northwest of Jerusalem, not far from the sea.
e. צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה ג׳ 2 Chronicles 14:9 (? read צָפֹנַה, Greek Version of the LXX κατὰ βορρᾶν, to the north of M.) probably near the great plain of Judah, west of Jerusalem, toward the sea; הָעֹבְרִים ג׳ Ezekiel 39:11, east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads הָעֲבָרִים ג׳
f. name to be changed to הֲמוֺן־גּוֺג ג׳ Ezekiel 39:11, 15. Most frequently
g. גֵּי הִנֹּם Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; Nehemiah 11:30, גֵּי בֶן־הִנֹּם Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; 2 Kings 23:10 Qr (Kt גי בני ה׳) 2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:6; Jeremiah 7:31, 32; Jeremiah 19:2, 6; Jeremiah 32:35; valley southwest & south of Jerusalem (RobBR ii. 273 f.), where incense was burned, and children were offered in sacrifice to 'Molech.' Others identify with the Tyropœon valley, compare RSSemitic i. 353; see further H2011 הִנֹּם, H8612 תֹּפֶת.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:20; 21:20

Deuteronomy

3:29; 4:46; 34:6; 34:6

Joshua

8:11; 15:8; 15:8; 15:8; 18:16; 18:16; 19:14; 19:27

1 Samuel

13:18; 17:3; 17:52; 17:52

2 Samuel

8:13

2 Kings

2:16; 2:16; 14:7; 23:10

1 Chronicles

4:14; 4:39; 4:39; 18:12

2 Chronicles

14:9; 25:11; 26:9; 28:3; 33:6

Nehemiah

2:13; 2:15; 3:13; 11:30; 11:35

Psalms

23:4; 60:2

Isaiah

22:1; 22:1; 22:5; 28:1; 28:4; 40:4; 40:4; 40:4

Jeremiah

2:23; 7:31; 7:32; 7:32; 19:2; 19:6; 19:6; 32:35

Ezekiel

6:3; 6:3; 6:3; 7:16; 7:16; 31:12; 31:12; 32:5; 32:5; 35:8; 35:8; 36:4; 36:4; 36:6; 36:6; 39:11; 39:11; 39:11; 39:15

Micah

1:6

Zechariah

14:4; 14:4; 14:4; 14:5; 14:5

H1516

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Strong's Number H1516 matches the Hebrew גַּיְא (gay'),
which occurs 62 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 21:20–Eze 39:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:29 - So we settled down in the valley opposite Beth Peor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6 - He buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:14 - It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, as well as the Valley of Emek and Neiel, and extended to Cabul on the north

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim in the direction of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:3 - The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 - David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - They said to him, "Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the LORD may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys." But Elisha replied, "Don't send them out."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - The king ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:10 - and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,000 Edomites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:3 - He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD and angered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:15 - I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:35 - in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of the Craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 - Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:5 - For the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - The splendid crown of Ephraim's drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest - as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - "How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:32 - So, watch out!" says the LORD. "The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:2 - Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Announce there what I tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - So I, the LORD, say: "The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley the Valley of Slaughter!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They built places of worship for the god Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech. Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - Say, 'Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign LORD! This is what the sovereign LORD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan - each one for his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:5 - I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:8 - I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign LORD: This is what the sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about -

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - "Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:11 - "'On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the valley of Hamon-Gog.

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