Strong's Hebrew · H1516

גַּיְא

gayʼ · gah'-ee

valley.

Definition

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

Derivation

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

Appears 60 times in Scripture

Deuteronomy 34:6

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.

Deuteronomy 4:46

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.

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

Psalms 60:1

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Ezekiel 6:3

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.

Joshua 8:11

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.

Zechariah 14:5

You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.

Deuteronomy 3:29

So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.

Zechariah 14:4

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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