עֵ֫מֶק
e.meqValley (of Achor)
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine69 occurrences17 books64 verses
This word comes from the name of Emek-keziz.
Definition
from H6009; a vale (i.e. broad depression)
Traditional renderings: dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025.
Traditional renderings: dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
69 total
- Genesis 14:3עֵ֖מֶק · the ValleyThe latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Genesis 14:8בְּעֵ֖מֶק · in the ValleyThen the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
- Genesis 14:10וְעֵ֣מֶק · Now the ValleyNow the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
- Genesis 14:17 (2×)עֵ֣מֶק · the Valley; עֵ֥מֶק · Valley)After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
- Genesis 37:14מֵעֵ֣מֶק · from the ValleyThen Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
- Numbers 14:25בָּעֵ֑מֶק · in the valleysNow since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- Joshua 7:24עֵ֥מֶק · to the ValleyThen Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- Joshua 7:26עֵ֣מֶק · the ValleyAnd they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
- Joshua 8:13הָעֵֽמֶק׃ · the valleySo the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
- Joshua 10:12בְּעֵ֥מֶק · over the ValleyOn the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Joshua 13:19הָעֵֽמֶק׃ · in the valleyKiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- Joshua 13:27וּבָעֵ֡מֶק · and in the valley…and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
- Joshua 15:7מֵעֵ֣מֶק · from the ValleyThen the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
- Joshua 15:8עֵֽמֶק־ · of the ValleyFrom 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.
- Joshua 17:16 (2×)הָעֵ֔מֶק · in the valley; בְּעֵ֥מֶק · and in the Valley“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- Joshua 18:16בְּעֵ֥מֶק · end of the ValleyThen 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.
- Joshua 18:21וְעֵ֥מֶקThese were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
- Judges 1:19הָעֵ֔מֶק · of the plainsThe LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
- Judges 1:34לָעֵֽמֶק׃ · into the plainThe Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
- Judges 5:15בָּעֵ֖מֶק · into the valleyThe princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 6:33בְּעֵ֥מֶק · in the ValleyThen all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 7:1בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ · in the valleyEarly in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
- Judges 7:8בָּעֵֽמֶק׃פ · in the valleySo Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
- Judges 7:12בָּעֵ֔מֶק · in the valleyNow the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Judges 18:28בָּעֵ֖מֶק · was in a valleyThere was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
- 1 Samuel 6:13בָּעֵ֑מֶק · in the valleyNow the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
- 1 Samuel 17:2בְּעֵ֣מֶק · in the ValleySaul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:19בְּעֵ֖מֶק · in the ValleyThey are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 21:9בְּעֵ֣מֶק · in the ValleyThe priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
- 1 Samuel 31:7הָעֵ֜מֶק · the valleyWhen the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
- 2 Samuel 5:18בְּעֵ֥מֶק · in the ValleyNow the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:22בְּעֵ֥מֶק · in the ValleyOnce again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 18:18בְּעֵֽמֶק־ · ValleyDuring his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
- 2 Samuel 23:13בְּעֵ֥מֶק · in the ValleyAt harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Kings 20:28עֲמָקִ֖ים · of the valleysThen the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Chronicles 10:7בָּעֵ֙מֶק֙ · in the valleyWhen all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15בְּעֵ֥מֶק · in the ValleyThree of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 12:15הָ֣עֲמָקִ֔ים · in the valleysThese are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
- 1 Chronicles 14:9בְּעֵ֥מֶק · the ValleyNow the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:13בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ · the valleyOnce again the Philistines raided the valley.
- 1 Chronicles 27:29בָּֽעֲמָקִ֔ים · in the valleysShitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.
- 2 Chronicles 20:26 (2×)לְעֵ֣מֶק · in the Valley; עֵ֥מֶק · the ValleyOn the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- Job 39:10עֲמָקִ֣ים · the valleysCan you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
- Job 39:21בָ֭עֵמֶק · in the valleyHe paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
- Psalm 60:6וְעֵ֖מֶק · the ValleyGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Psalm 65:13וַעֲמָקִ֥ים · and the valleysThe pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
- Psalm 84:6בְּעֵ֣מֶק · through the ValleyAs they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.