Strong's Lexicon

H1516

H1516 — גַּיא גַּי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgayn-e.Occurrences: 64TWOT: 343

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1516
Word:גַּיא גַּי
Part of Speech:n-e.
Etymology:probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (abbreviated)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:64
Transliteration:gay
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gah'-ee (or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}) n-e.
Meaning:1. a gorge (from its lofty sides 2. (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
KJV Renderings:valley.

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BDB1613

גַּיְא noun masculine Isa 40:4 (feminine Zech 14:4 ) valley — absolute גַּיְא Num 21:20 + 8 t. + 1Sam 17:52 (compare below), גָּ֑יְא 1Chr 4:39, גֵּיא Zech 14:4, גֶּיא Isa 40:4, גַּי Deut 34:6 + 2 t.; construct גֵּיא Isa 22:1 + 21 t.; גֵּי Josh 15:8 + 13 t.; plural absolute גֵּאָיוֺת Ezek 31:12; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:6 + Ezek 7:16; Ezek 32:5 (strike out Co) + Ezek 6:3; 2Kgs 2:16 Qr (so Co Ezek 6:3 Kt גיאות); suffix גֵּיאוֺתֶיךָ Ezek 35:8 — valley Josh 8:11 ( E ) Mic 1:6; 1Sam 17:3; 2Kgs 2:16 (opposed to הַר) Isa 40:4 (opposed to גִּבְעָה, הַר), Ezek 6:3; Ezek 35:8; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:6 (in all with גבעות אפיקים, הרים), Ezek 31:12 (opposed to הַר), compare Ezek 7:16 (strike out B Co) Ezek 32:5 specifically, valley in Moab, a station of Israel Num 21:20 ( E ); over against Beth-Peor Deut 3:29; Deut 4:46; Deut 34:6 a valley near גְּדוֺר 1Chr 4:39 חִזָּיוֺן ׳ ג Isa 22:1; Isa 22:5 near Jerusalem; שְׁמָנִים ׳ ג Isa 28:1; Isa 28:4 valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; ׳ שַׁעַר הַגּ 2Chr 26:9; Neh 2:13; Neh 2:15; Neh 3:13 apocalyptic valley Zech 14:4, made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, compare הרים ׳ ג Zech 14:5 Zech 14:5 valley of slaughter ההרגה ׳ ג, a future name of valley of Hinnom Jer 7:32; Jer 19:6; 1Sam 17:52 (גַּיְא) ᵐ5 reads גַּת compare We Dr; Jer 2:23 of valley of Hinnom, see below; figurative Ps 23:4 צלמות ׳ ג compare צלמות; Ezek 39:11 הָעֹבְרִים ׳ ג, Co הָעֲבָרִים proper name compare below; elsewhere in combination with proper names: —

a. יִפְתַּחאֵֿל ׳ ג Josh 19:14; Josh 19:27 perhaps = Jotapata JosBJ «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 3:7»iii. 7, 7; Rabbin. גופתתא RelandPal 816; — Tell Jefât RobBR iii. 107. GuérinGal. i. 476 f. compare BdPal 243.
b. הַצְּבֹעִים ׳ ג 1Sam 13:18.
c. הַֿמֶּלַךְ ׳ ג 2Kgs 14:7 ( Kt ; Qr omits article) 1Chr 18:12; 2Chr 25:11 = מֶֿלַךְ ׳ ג 2Sam 8:13; Ps 60:2 (title); south of Dead Sea, in or bordering on Edom; el-Ghôr RobBR ii. 109.
d. הֶחָרָשִׁים ׳ ג 1Chr 4:14; Neh 11:35, apparently near Lod & Ono, northwest of Jerusalem, not far from the sea.
e. צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה ׳ ג 2Chr 14:9 (? read צָפֹנַה, ᵐ5 κατὰ βορρᾶν, to the north of M.) probably near the great plain of Judah, west of Jerusalem, toward the sea; הָעֹבְרִים ׳ ג Ezek 39:11, east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads הָעֲבָרִים ׳ ג
f. name to be changed to הֲמוֺןגּֿוֺג ׳ ג Ezek 39:11; Ezek 39:15. Most frequently
g. גֵּי הִנֹּם Josh 15:8; Josh 18:16; Neh 11:30, גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם Josh 15:8; Josh 18:16; 2Kgs 23:10 Qr ( Kt ׳ גי בני ה) 2Chr 28:3; 2Chr 33:6; Jer 7:31; Jer 7:32; Jer 19:2; Jer 19:6; Jer 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 TyropÊon valley, compare RSSemitic i. 353; see further הִנֹּם, תֹּפֶת.


BDB3182

חָרָשׁ noun masculine Exod 38:23 graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) — absolute ׳ ח (= *חַרָּשׁ) Exod 35:35 + 14 t.; construct חָרַשׁ Exod 28:11 + 2 t.; plural חָֽרָשִׁים Hos 13:2 + 7 t.; חֲרָשִׁים 1Chr 4:14 (twice in verse); Neh 11:35 (see below); construct חָֽרָשֵׁי 2Sam 5:11 + 6 t.; —

1. graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1Sam 13:19; Hos 8:6; Hos 13:2; Deut 27:15; Jer 10:9 (|| צֹרֵף ), Isa 40:19 (|| id.), Isa 54:16; 1Chr 29:5 בַּרְזֶל ׳ ח Isa 44:12 ; 2Chr 24:12 perhaps also Isa 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently = hammer Zech 2:3 (symbolic).
b. worker in wood עֵץ ׳ ח 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 ( עֵצִים), 2Kgs 12:12; 2Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 34:11; Jer 10:3; Isa 40:20; Isa 44:13 (see also 1Chr 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezra 3:7; 2Chr 24:12 (both || חצב).
c. worker in stone אֶבֶן קִיר ׳ ח 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן ׳ ח Exod 28:11 ( P ; || פִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
d. in general אֶבֶן וָעֵץ ׳ ח 1Chr 22:15 idol-maker צִירִים ׳ ח Isa 45:16 , compare Isa 44:11 (also Isa 44:12 Isa 44:13 above), 2Kgs 24:14; 2Kgs 24:16; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2 (all || מַסְגֵּר), Exod 35:35; Exod 38:23 (both P ; both || חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1Chr 4:14 , ׳ גֵּי הַחֲ Neh 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1Chr 4:14 , ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol§ 183 a ii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים?
2. figurative מַשְׁחִית ׳ ח Ezek 21:36 men skilled to destroy.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גיא (gah’y)

Numbers 21:20

KJV: And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.country: Heb. fieldPisgah: or, the hillJeshimon: or, the wilderness
EHCC: from Bamoth (in) the valley, that (is) in

Deuteronomy 3:29

KJV: So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.
EHCC: So we abode in the valley

Deuteronomy 4:46

KJV: On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
EHCC: in the valley over against

Deuteronomy 34:6

KJV: And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
EHCC: he buried him ina valley

Joshua 8:11

KJV: And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
EHCC: now (there was) a valley

Joshua 15:8

KJV: And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
EHCC: by the valley of the son of Hinnom

Joshua 18:16

KJV: And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,
EHCC: the valley of the son of Hinnom,

Joshua 19:14

KJV: And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah–el:
EHCC: are in the valley of Jiphthab-el:

Joshua 17:8

KJV: Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
EHCC: and (there was) ₪ valley between

2 Samuel 8:13

KJV: And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.smiting: Heb. his smiting
EHCC: in the valley of salt, -

2 Kings 2:16

KJV: And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.strong…: Heb. sons of strengthsome mountain: Heb. one of the mountains
EHCC: or into some veiley. (lit. one of the valleys)

2 Kings 14:7

KJV: He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.Selah: or, the rock
EHCC: He slew of Edom in ihe valley of

1 Chronicles 4:14

KJV: And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.valley: or, inhabitants of the valleyCharashim: that is, craftsmenHathath…: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc
EHCC: the father of the valley of Charashim ;

1 Chronicles 18:12

KJV: Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.Abishai: Heb. Abshai
EHCC: Edomites in the alley of salt

2 Chronicles 14:10

KJV: Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
EHCC: (9). they set the battle in array in the

2 Chronicles 25:11

KJV: And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
EHCC: went to he valley of salt,

2 Chronicles 26:9

KJV: Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.fortified: or, repaired
EHCC: and at the calley gate.

2 Chronicles 26:3

KJV: Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
EHCC: & 33:6, in the wale of the son of Hinnom,

Nehemiah 2:13

KJV: And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
EHCC: 15.by the gate of the cally,

Nehemiah 3:13

KJV: The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
EHCC: The valley gate repaired Hanun,

Nehemiah 11:30

KJV: Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
EHCC: unto the tale of Hinnom.

Isaiah 22:1

KJV: The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
EHCC: burden of the ralley of vision,

Isaiah 28:1

KJV: Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!overcome: Heb. broken
EHCC: 0n the head of the fat valleys .

Jeremiah 2:23

KJV: How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;thou art…: or, O swift dromedary
EHCC: see thy way tn the valley,

Jeremiah 1:31

EHCC: in the valley of the son of Hinnom,

Jeremiah 19:2

KJV: And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,the east…: Heb. the sun gate
EHCC: the valley of the son of Hinnom, =~

Jeremiah 32:35

KJV: And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
EHCC: in the valley of the son of Hinnom,

Ezekiel 6:3

KJV: And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
EHCC: to the rivers, and to the valleys;

Ezekiel 7:16

KJV: But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
EHCC: like doves of the valleys,

Ezekiel 31:12

KJV: And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
EHCC: and in all the valleys

Ezekiel 32:5

KJV: And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
EHCC: fill the valleys with thy height.

Ezekiel 35:8

KJV: And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
EHCC: in thy hills, and én thy valleys,

Ezekiel 36:4

KJV: Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;rivers: or, bottoms, or, dales
EHCC: 6.to Coe rivers, and to the valleys,

Ezekiel 89:11

EHCC: the alley of the ngers

Micah 1:6

KJV: Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
EHCC: the stones thereof into the valley,

Zechariah 14:4

KJV: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
EHCC: a very + valley ;
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