גַּיְא

gayValley
hebrewOld TestamentNoun60 occurrences15 books54 verses
This word comes from the names of Gath and Valley Gate.

Definition

or (shortened) גַּי; 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)
Traditional renderings: valley.

Glossary entries

Gath Gittite Metheg-ammah Valley Gate

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

60 total
  1. Numbers 21:20הַגַּיְא֙ · to the valley
    …and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:29בַּגָּ֔יְא · in the valley
    So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:46בַּגַּ֗יְא · while they were in the valley
    …while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
  4. Deuteronomy 34:6בַגַּיְ֙ · in a valley
    And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
  5. Joshua 8:11וְהַגַּ֖י · with the valley
    Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
  6. Joshua 15:8 (2×)גֵּ֣י · the Valley of Ben-hinnom; גֵֽי־ · the Valley of Hinnom
    From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
  7. Joshua 18:16 (2×)גֵּ֣י · the Valley of Ben-hinnom; גֵּ֨י · the Valley of Hinnom
    Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.
  8. Joshua 19:14גֵּ֖י · at the Valley
    Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.
  9. Joshua 19:27וּבְגֵ֨י · and the Valley
    …then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.
  10. 1 Samuel 13:18גֵּ֥י · the Valley
    …another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
  11. 1 Samuel 17:3וְהַגַּ֖יְא · with the valley
    The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
  12. 1 Samuel 17:52גַ֔יְא · of Gath
    Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
  13. 2 Samuel 8:13בְּגֵיא־ · in the Valley of Salt
    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  14. 2 Kings 2:16הַגְּיָאוֹת · of the valleys
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  15. 2 Kings 14:7בְּגֵיא־ · in the Valley
    Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
  16. 2 Kings 23:10בְּגֵ֣י · in the Valley
    He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
  17. 1 Chronicles 4:14גֵּ֣יא · of those living in
    Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
  18. 1 Chronicles 4:39הַגָּ֑יְא · of the valley
    …and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
  19. 1 Chronicles 18:12בְּגֵ֣יא · in the Valley
    Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  20. 2 Chronicles 14:10בְּגֵ֥יא · in the Valley
    So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
  21. 2 Chronicles 25:11גֵּ֣יא · to the Valley of Salt
    Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,
  22. 2 Chronicles 26:9הַגַּ֖יְא · the Valley
    Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
  23. 2 Chronicles 28:3בְּגֵ֣יא · in the Valley
    Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  24. 2 Chronicles 33:6בְּגֵ֣י · in the Valley
    He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  25. Nehemiah 2:13הַגַּ֜יא · through the Valley
    So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
  26. Nehemiah 2:15הַגַּ֖יְא · through the Valley
    …so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
  27. Nehemiah 3:13הַגַּ֜יְא · The Valley
    The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
  28. Nehemiah 11:30גֵּֽיא־ · the Valley
    Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
  29. Nehemiah 11:35גֵּ֥י · and in the Valley
    Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
  30. Psalm 23:4בְּגֵ֪יא · through the valley
    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  31. Psalm 60:1בְּגֵיא־ · in the Valley
    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
  32. Isaiah 22:1גֵּ֣יא · against the Valley
    This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
  33. Isaiah 22:5בְּגֵ֣יא · in the Valley
    For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
  34. Isaiah 28:1גֵּֽיא־ · valley
    Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
  35. Isaiah 28:4גֵּ֣יא · valley
    The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
  36. Isaiah 40:4גֶּיא֙ · valley
    Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
  37. Jeremiah 2:23בַּגַּ֔יְא · in the valley
    “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
  38. Jeremiah 7:31בְּגֵ֣יא · in the Valley of Ben-hinnom
    They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
  39. Jeremiah 7:32 (2×)וְגֵ֣יא · and the Valley of Ben-hinnom; גֵּ֣יא · the Valley
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
  40. Jeremiah 19:2גֵּ֣יא · the Valley
    …and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
  41. Jeremiah 19:6 (2×)וְגֵ֣יא · or the Valley; גֵּ֥יא · the Valley
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
  42. Jeremiah 32:35בְּגֵ֣יא · in the Valley of Ben-hinnom
    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
  43. Ezekiel 6:3וְלַגֵּאָיֹת · and valleys
    You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
  44. Ezekiel 7:16הַגֵּאָי֛וֹת · of the valley
    The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
  45. Ezekiel 31:12גֵּ֨אָי֜וֹת · valley
    Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
  46. Ezekiel 32:5הַגֵּאָי֖וֹת · the valleys
    I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.