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HebrewH1516Noun

גַּיְא

gay

52Occurrences
H1516Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (גֵּוָה) (abbreviated);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge Another name of to.phet (*תֹּ֫פֶת *"Topheth" H8612)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

גַּיְא appears 52 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
9
Jeremiah
6
Isaiah
5
Joshua
5
Nehemiah
5
2 Chronicles
4
1 Chronicles
3
1 Samuel
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 18:12BSB

Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

2 Kings 14:7BSB

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.

Ezk 36:4BSB

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Isaiah 40:4BSB

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.

Joshua 19:27BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.