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Strong's H1516 גַּיְא (gay)

Gay means “valley” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1516 — eirenikos (“peaceable”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1516
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 53
Books 15

Strong's H1516 Quick Answer

Strong's H1516 גַּיא גַּי (gay') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. gay' (gah'-ee) (or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}) n-e. 1. a gorge (from its lofty sides 2. (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent) It has 53 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include but. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
gay' (gah'-ee) (or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}) n-e. 1. a gorge (from its lofty sides 2. (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Usage
53 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
but

Meaning and Definition

gay' (gah'-ee) (or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}) n-e. 1. a gorge (from its lofty sides 2. (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent) [probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (abbreviated)] KJV: valley. Root(s): H1466

Original Word
גַּיא גַּי
Transliteration
gay'
Derivation
First root strongs: 1466
Morphology
n-e.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1516. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H1516 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gay', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H1516 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 53 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1516 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1516 in the Old Testament

53 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Deuteronomy 4:46 KJV

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 the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

Usage Excerpts

First 53 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1516.

Numbers 21:20 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
Deuteronomy 4:46 Old Testament, KJV
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 the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 34:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, 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.
Joshua 15:8 Old Testament, 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:
Joshua 18:16 Old Testament, 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 Enrogel,
Joshua 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
Joshua 19:27 Old Testament, KJV
And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
1 Samuel 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 toward the wilderness.
1 Samuel 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 them.
1 Samuel 17:52 Old Testament, KJV
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 Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
2 Samuel 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, 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.
2 Kings 14:7 Old Testament, 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.
2 Kings 23:10 Old Testament, KJV
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 the fire to Molech.
1 Chronicles 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
1 Chronicles 4:39 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
2 Chronicles 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 25:11 Old Testament, 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.
2 Chronicles 26:9 Old Testament, 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.
2 Chronicles 28:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Nehemiah 2:13 Old Testament, 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.
Nehemiah 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, 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.
Nehemiah 11:30 Old Testament, KJV
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah 11:35 Old Testament, KJV
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
Psalms 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 me.
Isaiah 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Isaiah 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Isaiah 28:1 Old Testament, 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!
Isaiah 28:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isaiah 40:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 plain:
Jeremiah 2:23 Old Testament, 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;
Jeremiah 7:31 Old Testament, KJV
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 fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Jeremiah 7:32 Old Testament, KJV
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 valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
Jeremiah 19:2 Old Testament, 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,
Jeremiah 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 The valley of slaughter.
Jeremiah 32:35 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 6:3 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 7:16 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 31:12 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 32:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel 35:8 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 36:4 Old Testament, 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;
Ezekiel 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Ezekiel 39:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
Ezekiel 39:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 it in the valley of Hamongog.
Micah 1:6 Old Testament, 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.
Zechariah 14:4 Old Testament, 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.
Zechariah 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1516, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H1516 FAQ

What does gay (גַּיְא) mean?

Gay (Strong's H1516) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "valley". gay' (gah'-ee) (or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}) n-e. 1. a gorge (from its lofty sides 2. (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

How many times is gay (גַּיְא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 53 linked usages for Strong's H1516 across 15 books.

Where can I study gay (גַּיְא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1516 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate gay (גַּיְא)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as but. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.