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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6010

עֵמֶק

emeqay'-mek

Valley (of Achor)

69 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻêmeq

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6010is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 39
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6010

a vale (i.e. broad depression)

The King James renders it: dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025 (בֵּית הָעֵמֶק).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

emeq is rendered "Valley (of Achor)". It stands 69 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-nine different ways.

The first use

The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:3עֵ֖מֶק

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • in valley of18
  • in the valley10
  • valley of10
  • the valley7
  • and valley of4
  • from valley of2
  • in the valleys2
  • the valleys2
  • valleys2
  • and Emek1
  • and in the valley1
  • and the valleys1

and 9 more, 69 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 69, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

39 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • בְּעֵ֥מֶק10
  • בְּעֵ֖מֶק5
  • עֵ֥מֶק4
  • בְּעֵ֣מֶק3
  • עֵ֖מֶק3
  • בָּעֵ֑מֶק2
  • בָּעֵ֖מֶק2
  • בָּעֵֽמֶק׃2
  • בָּֽעֲמָקִ֔ים2
  • הָעֵ֔מֶק2
  • הָעֵֽמֶק׃2
  • וְעֵ֖מֶק2

and 27 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)22HR/Ncmsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular11HRd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular7HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2HRd/Ncmpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2HTd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Td/Ncmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2fs

Genesis

six uses
  • The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

    Genesis 14:3

    • עֵ֖מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim

    Genesis 14:8

    • בְּעֵ֖מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

    Genesis 14:10

    • וְעֵ֣מֶקveemekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and valley of
  • After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

    Genesis 14:17

    • עֵ֣מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
    • עֵ֥מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

    Genesis 37:14

    • מֵעֵ֣מֶקmeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from valley of

Numbers

one use
  • Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”

    Numbers 14:25

    • בָּעֵ֑מֶקbaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley

Joshua

twelve uses
  • Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

    Joshua 7:24

    • עֵ֥מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

    Joshua 7:26

    • עֵ֣מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.

    Joshua 8:13

    • הָעֵֽמֶק׃haemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley
  • On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

    Joshua 10:12

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley
  • Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,

    Joshua 13:19

    • הָעֵֽמֶק׃haemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley
  • and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

    Joshua 13:27

    • וּבָעֵ֡מֶקuvaemekconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the valley
  • Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

    Joshua 15:7

    • מֵעֵ֣מֶקmeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from valley of
  • From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

    Joshua 15:8

    • עֵֽמֶק־ʾemek-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”

    Joshua 17:16

    • הָעֵ֔מֶקhaemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley
    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

    Joshua 18:16

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:

    Joshua 18:21

    • וְעֵ֥מֶקveemekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and Emek

Judges

eight uses
  • The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.

    Judges 1:19

    • הָעֵ֔מֶקhaemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley
  • The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.

    Judges 1:34

    • לָעֵֽמֶק׃laemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the valley
  • The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

    Judges 5:15

    • בָּעֵ֖מֶקbaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    Judges 6:33

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

    Judges 7:1

    • בָּעֵֽמֶק׃baemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.

    Judges 7:8

    • בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ פbaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

    Judges 7:12

    • בָּעֵ֔מֶקbaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.

    Judges 18:28

    • בָּעֵ֖מֶקbaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley

1 Samuel

five uses
  • Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.

    1 Samuel 6:13

    • בָּעֵ֑מֶקbaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

    1 Samuel 17:2

    • בְּעֵ֣מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

    1 Samuel 17:19

    • בְּעֵ֖מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

    1 Samuel 21:9

    • בְּעֵ֣מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

    1 Samuel 31:7

    • הָעֵ֜מֶקhaemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley

2 Samuel

four uses
  • Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    2 Samuel 5:18

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    2 Samuel 5:22

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

    2 Samuel 18:18

    • בְּעֵֽמֶק־beemek-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

    2 Samuel 23:13

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of

1 Kings

one use
  • Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

    1 Kings 20:28

    • עֲמָקִ֖יםʾamakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: valleys

1 Chronicles

six uses
  • When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

    1 Chronicles 10:7

    • בָּעֵ֙מֶק֙baemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

    1 Chronicles 11:15

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

    1 Chronicles 12:15

    • הָ֣עֲמָקִ֔יםhaamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the valleys
  • Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.

    1 Chronicles 14:9

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • Once again the Philistines raided the valley.

    1 Chronicles 14:13

    • בָּעֵֽמֶק׃baemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley
  • Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

    1 Chronicles 27:29

    • בָּֽעֲמָקִ֔יםbaamakimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the valleys

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

    2 Chronicles 20:26

    • לְעֵ֣מֶקleemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to valley of
    • עֵ֥מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of

Job

two uses
  • Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

    Job 39:10

    • עֲמָקִ֣יםʾamakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: valleys
  • He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

    Job 39:21

    • בָ֭עֵמֶקvaemekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the valley

Psalms

four uses
  • God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

    Psalms 60:6

    • וְעֵ֖מֶקveemekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and Valley of
  • The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

    Psalms 65:13

    • וַעֲמָקִ֥יםvaamakimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and valleys
  • As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

    Psalms 84:6

    • בְּעֵ֣מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

    Psalms 108:7

    • וְעֵ֖מֶקveemekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and Valley of

Song of Solomon

one use
  • I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

    Song of Solomon 2:1

    • הָעֲמָקִֽים׃haamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the valleys

Isaiah

four uses
  • as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

    Isaiah 17:5

    • בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

    Isaiah 22:7

    • עֲמָקַ֖יִךְʾamakayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: valleys your
  • For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

    Isaiah 28:21

    • כְּעֵ֖מֶקkeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a valley
  • Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

    Isaiah 65:10

    • וְעֵ֥מֶקveemekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and valley of

Jeremiah

six uses
  • Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

    Jeremiah 21:13

    • הָעֵ֛מֶקhaemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley
  • The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

    Jeremiah 31:40

    • הָעֵ֣מֶקhaemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the valley of
  • The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

    Jeremiah 47:5

    • עִמְקָ֑םʾimkamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: valley their
  • The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

    Jeremiah 48:8

    • הָעֵ֖מֶקhaemekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the valley
  • Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

    Jeremiah 49:4

    • בָּֽעֲמָקִ֔יםbaamakimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the valleys
    • עִמְקֵ֔ךְʾimkekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: valley your

Hosea

two uses
  • And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

    Hosea 1:5

    • בְּעֵ֖מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
  • There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

    Hosea 2:15

    • עֵ֥מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of

Joel

four uses
  • I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.

    Joel 3:2

    • עֵ֖מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

    Joel 3:12

    • עֵ֖מֶקʾemeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: valley of
  • Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

    Joel 3:14

    • בְּעֵ֖מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of
    • בְּעֵ֖מֶקbeemekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in valley of

Micah

one use
  • The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

    Micah 1:4

    • וְהָעֲמָקִ֖יםvehaamakimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the valleys

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