גַּיְא
gayʼ · gah'-ee
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (גֵּוָה) (abbreviated);
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
- a gorge (from its lofty sides
- hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: valley.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › strength, the leader
To carry, to lift up of the hand that works of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּיְא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
60 occurrences · 60 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the valley12 · 21%
- the valley5 · 9%
- to the valley5 · 9%
- of the valley5 · 9%
- valley3 · 5%
- and to the valleys3 · 5%
- which is in the valley2 · 4%
- unto the valley2 · 4%
- nor the valley2 · 4%
- but the valley2 · 4%
- him in a valley1 · 2%
- now there was a valley1 · 2%
- by the valley1 · 2%
- thereof are in the valley1 · 2%
- and to the valley1 · 2%
- on the other side: and there was a valley1 · 2%
- and at the valley1 · 2%
- through the valley1 · 2%
- valleys1 · 2%
- every valley1 · 2%
- which are in the valley1 · 2%
- of the valleys1 · 2%
- and in all the valleys1 · 2%
- the valleys1 · 2%
- and in thy valleys1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.