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Lexicon :: Strong's H6010 - ʿēmeq

Aa
עֵמֶק
Transliteration
ʿēmeq
Pronunciation
ay'-mek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1644a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵמֶק ʻêmeq, ay'-mek; from H6009; a vale (i.e. broad depression):—dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's H6010 in the following manner: valley (63x), vale (4x), dale (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's H6010 in the following manner: valley (63x), vale (4x), dale (2x).

  1. valley, vale, lowland, open country

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵמֶק ʻêmeq, ay'-mek; from H6009; a vale (i.e. broad depression):—dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025.
STRONGS H6010: Abbreviations
עֵ֫מֶק 70 noun masculineMicah 1:4 vale (properly deepening, depth, see GASmGeogr. 384 f. 654 f.; compare בִּקְעָה, גַּיְא, נַחַל); — י׳ absolute Joshua 8:13 +, construct Genesis 14:17 +; suffix עִמְקֵךְ Jeremiah 49:4, עִמְקָם Jeremiah 47:5 (but see below); plural עֲמָקִים Micah 1:4, suffix עֲמָקַיִךְ Isaiah 22:7; — vale, valley, lowland, opposed to הֶהָרִים Micah 1:4, amid mountains, e.g. about Jerusalem Isaiah 22:7; Jeremiah 31:40, so perhaps לשׁוֵה ע׳ Genesis 14:17 = הַמֶּלֶךְ ע׳ Genesis 14:17; 2 Samuel 18:18, compare תֶבְרוֺן ע׳ Genesis 37:14 (J), בְּגִבְעוֺן ע׳ Isaiah 28:21; Joshua 8:13 (JE), הָאֵלָה ע׳ 1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 1 Samuel 21:10 (perhaps Wady es-Sant, in Shephelah, west of Bethlehem, GASmGeogr. 226); אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית רְחוֺב ע׳ Judges 18:28 in extreme north; in Moab Jeremiah 48:8 (|| [opposed to?] מִישׁוֺר); or wider, e.g. Judges 5:15 (scene of Sisera's defeat; read perhaps ע׳ also for עֲמָלֵק Judges 5:14 GFM), יִזְרְעֶ֑אל ע׳ Judges 6:33; Hosea 1:5; Joshua 17:16 (JE), compare Judges 7:1, 8, 12; 1 Samuel 31:7 = 1 Chronicles 10:7, these all perhaps narrow ends of plain (compare GASml.c.), but see 1 Kings 20:28 (opposed to הֶהָרִים; || מִישׁוֺר 1 Kings 20:23; = open country, compare Aphek 1 Kings 20:26); of Jordan-valley Joshua 13:19, 27 (P); of maritime plain (opposed to הָהָר) Judges 1:19, 34; fit for chariots, so also אֶרֶץ הָע׳ Joshua 17:16 (P), compare Job 39:21; ישֶׁבֶת הָע׳ Jeremiah 21:13, compare Numbers 14:25 (see Gie Di); cultivated 1 Samuel 6:13; Jeremiah 49:4 (twice in verse); Job 39:10, fertile 1 Chronicles 27:29; Psalm 65:14 [Psalm 65:13]; Songs 2:1; see also אַיָּלוֺן, בָּכָא, כְּרָכָה, II. חָרוּץ, יְהוֺשָׁפָט, סֻכּוֺת, עָכוֺר, קְצִיץ, רְפָאִים, שִׂדִּים; בֵּית הָע׳. — For עִמְקָם Jeremiah 47:5 read עֲנָקִם Anakim Greek Version of the LXX Thes Hi Gf Gie Co Rothst; so also (more dubious) 1 Chronicles 12:16 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:15) Gf Gie, where otherwise הָע׳ = people of valleys.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:17; 14:17; 14:17; 37:14

Numbers

14:25

Joshua

8:13; 8:13; 13:19; 13:27; 17:16; 17:16

Judges

1:19; 1:34; 5:14; 5:15; 6:33; 7:1; 7:8; 7:12; 18:28

1 Samuel

6:13; 17:2; 17:19; 21:10; 31:7

2 Samuel

18:18

1 Kings

20:23; 20:26; 20:28

1 Chronicles

10:7; 12:15; 12:16; 27:29

Job

39:10; 39:21

Psalms

65:13

Song of Songs

2:1

Isaiah

22:7; 22:7; 28:21

Jeremiah

21:13; 31:40; 47:5; 47:5; 48:8; 49:4; 49:4

Hosea

1:5

Micah

1:4; 1:4; 1:4

H6010

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Strong's Number H6010 matches the Hebrew עֵמֶק (ʿēmeq),
which occurs 69 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 22:7–Mic 1:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7 - Chariots fill your beautiful valleys,
and charioteers storm your gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - The LORD will come as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim
and against the Amorites at Gibeon.
He will come to do a strange thing;
he will come to do an unusual deed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks
for my people who have searched for me,
and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem,
that mighty fortress—
the people who boast, “No one can touch us here.
No one can break in here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,[fn]
how long will you lament and mourn?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - “All the towns will be destroyed,
and no one will escape—
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:4 - You are proud of your fertile valleys,
but they will soon be ruined.
You trusted in your wealth,
you rebellious daughter,
and thought no one could ever harm you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - I will break its military power in the Jezreel Valley.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - I will return her vineyards to her
and transform the Valley of Trouble[fn] into a gateway of hope.
She will give herself to me there,
as she did long ago when she was young,
when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[fn]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - “Let the nations be called to arms.
Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I, the LORD, will sit
to pronounce judgment on them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.
There the day of the LORD will soon arrive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 - The mountains melt beneath his feet
and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
like water pouring down a hill.

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