גַּיְא

gay · valley

Hebrew · Strong's H1516 · Noun · Sounds like: gah'-ee · 60 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • valley H1516R 31
  • Valley H1516Q · a Name of 8
  • (Salt) Valley H1516J · a Part of 5
  • Valley (Gate) H1516M 4
  • Valley H1516G · a Name of 2
  • (Iphtahel) Valley H1516H · a Part of 2
  • (Hamon-gog) Valley H1516N · a Part of 2
  • (Zeboim) Valley H1516I · a Part of 1
  • Ge H1516K 1
  • (Zephathah) Valley H1516L · a Part of 1
  • Valley H1516O 1
  • Gath H1516P · a Spelling of 1
  • Valley H1516S · a Name of 1

Strong's dictionary

or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as גֵּוָה (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent); valley.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
גַּיְא n.m. valley

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:14 גֵּ֣יא gei' · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:39 הַגָּ֑יְא ha.Gay' · A person, place or thing

    And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

  3. 1 Chronicles 18:12 בְּגֵ֣יא be.Gei' · A person, place or thing

    Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

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