# גַּיְא (gay)

Israeli respelling: gay. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1516. 54 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: valley.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/gay-h1516

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/21/20) — And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
- [Deuteronomy 3:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/29) — So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
- [Deuteronomy 4:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/46) — On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and t…
- [Deuteronomy 34:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/34/6) — And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
- [Joshua 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/11) — 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 s…
- [Joshua 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/15/8) — 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 u…
- [Joshua 18:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/18/16) — 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 gi…
- [Joshua 19:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/14) — And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
- [Joshua 19:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/27) — And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek,…
- [1 Samuel 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/18) — And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim t…
- [1 Samuel 17:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/3) — And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between t…
- [1 Samuel 17:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/52) — And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekro…
- [2 Samuel 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/13) — And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
- [2 Kings 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/16) — 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 perad…
- [2 Kings 14:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/7) — 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.
- [2 Kings 23:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/10) — And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through th…
- [1 Chronicles 4:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/14) — And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
- [1 Chronicles 4:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/39) — And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
- [1 Chronicles 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/18/12) — Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
- [2 Chronicles 14:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/10) — Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
- [2 Chronicles 25:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/11) — 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.
- [2 Chronicles 26:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/26/9) — 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.
- [2 Chronicles 28:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/28/3) — Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen who…
- [2 Chronicles 33:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/33/6) — And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and…
- [Nehemiah 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/13) — 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, wh…
- [Nehemiah 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/15) — Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
- [Nehemiah 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/13) — 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…
- [Nehemiah 11:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/11/30) — Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Bee…
- [Nehemiah 11:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/11/35) — Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
- [Psalms 23:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/23/4) — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort…
- [Psalms 60:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/60/2) — Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
- [Isaiah 22:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/1) — The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
- [Isaiah 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/5) — For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the wal…
- [Isaiah 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/1) — 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…
- [Isaiah 28:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/4) — And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which…
- [Isaiah 40:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/4) — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places…
- [Jeremiah 2:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/23) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 7:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/31) — And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the f…
- [Jeremiah 7:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/32) — Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the vall…
- [Jeremiah 19:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/19/2) — 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 t…
- [Jeremiah 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/19/6) — Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but…
- [Jeremiah 32:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/35) — 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 throu…
- [Ezekiel 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/6/3) — 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,…
- [Ezekiel 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/7/16) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 31:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/12) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 32:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/5) — And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
- [Ezekiel 35:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/35/8) — 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 w…
- [Ezekiel 36:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/4) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 36:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/6) — Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus sai…
- [Ezekiel 39:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/11) — And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the eas…
- [Ezekiel 39:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/15) — And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried…
- [Micah 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/1/6) — 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 val…
- [Zechariah 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/14/4) — 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…
- [Zechariah 14:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/14/5) — And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fle…