The Definition of the word Valley

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).