Valley: 1. Heb. bik'ah, a "cleft" of the mountains
(Deuteronomy 8:7; 11:11; Psalms 104:8; Isaiah 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
(Joshua 11:17; 12:7) and the valley of Megiddo
(2 Chronicles 35:22)2. 'Emek, "deep;" "a long, low plain"
(Job 39:10,21; Psalms 65:13; The Song of Solomon 2:1)
such as the plain
a. of Esdraelon; the "valley of giants"
(Joshua 15:8)
usually translated "valley of Rephaim"
(2 Samuel 5:18)
b. of Elah
(1 Samuel 17:2)
c. of Berachah
(2 Chronicles 20:26)
d. the king's "dale"
(Genesis 14:17)
e. of Jehoshaphat
(Joel 3:2,12)
f. of Achor
(Joshua 7:24; Isaiah 65:10)
g. Succoth
(Psalms 60:6)
h. Ajalon
(Joshua 10:12)
i. Jezreel
(Hosea 1:5)
3. Ge, "a bursting," a "flowing together," a narrow glen or ravine,
such as the valley of
a. the children of Hinnom
(2 Kings 23:10)
b. of Eshcol
(Deuteronomy 1:24)
c. of Sorek
(Judges 16:4) etc.
The "valley of vision"
(Isaiah 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"
(Psalms 125:2) comp. also
(Jeremiah 21:13) where Jerusalem is
called a "valley".
4. Heb. nahal, a wady or water-course
(Genesis 26:19; The Song of Solomon 6:11)
