What does "Valley" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Valley?

(1.) Heb. bik’ah, a “cleft” of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the Jordan (Josh. 11:17; 12:7), and the valley of Megiddo (2 Chr. 35:22). (2.) ‘Emek, “deep;” “a long, low plain” (Job 39:10, 21; Ps. 65:13; Cant. 2:1), such as the plain of Esdraelon; the “valley of giants” (Josh. 15:8), usually translated “valley of Rephaim” (2 Sam. 5:18); of Elah (1 Sam. 17:2), of Berachah (2 Chr. 20:26); the king’s “dale” (Gen. 14:17); of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12), of Achor (Josh. 7:24; Isa. 65:10), Succoth (Ps. 60:6), Ajalon (Josh. 10:12), Jezreel (Hos. 1:5). (3.) Ge, “a bursting,” a “flowing together,” a narrow glen or ravine, such as the valley of the children of Hinnom (2 Kings 23:10); of Eshcol (Deut. 1:24); of Sorek (Judg. 16:4), etc. The “valley of vision” (Isa. 22:1) is usually regarded as denoting Jerusalem, which “may be so called,” says Barnes (Com. on Isa.), “either (1) because there were several valleys within the city and adjacent to it, as the vale between Mount Zion and Moriah, the vale between Mount Moriah and Mount Ophel, between these and Mount Bezetha, and the valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley of the brook Kidron, etc., without the walls of the city; or (2) more probably it was called the valley in reference to its being compassed with hills rising to a considerable elevation above the city” (Ps. 125:2; comp. also Jer. 21:13, where Jerusalem is called a “valley”). (4.) Heb. nahal, a wady or water-course (Gen. 26:19; Cant. 6:11).

What is the Hebrew word for Valley?

Where does Valley appear in the Bible?

Valley is referenced in 38 verses across 13 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 10:7
• 1 Chronicles 14:9
• 1 Chronicles 14:13
• 1 Samuel 6:13
• 1 Samuel 17:2
• 1 Samuel 17:19
• 1 Samuel 31:7
• 2 Chronicles 20:26
• 2 Samuel 5:18
• 2 Samuel 5:22
• 2 Samuel 18:18
• Genesis 14:3
• Genesis 37:14
• Hosea 1:5
• Hosea 2:15
• Isaiah 17:5
• Isaiah 28:21
• Isaiah 65:10
• Judges 5:15
• Judges 6:33
• Judges 7:8
• Judges 7:12
• Judges 18:28
• Jeremiah 21:13

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Valley.