עֵמֶק emeq

Hebrew word for “valley” · Strong’s H6010 · used 69 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

valley, vale, lowland, open country

Senses in the lexicon

• valley (36)
• Valley (of Rephaim) (8)
• Valley (of Achor) (5)
• Valley (of Jezreel) (4)
• Valley (of Siddim) (3)
• Valley (of Kings) (3)
• Valley (of Elah) (3)
• Valley (of Beracah) (2)
• Valley (Of Kidron) (2)
• Valley (of Hebron) (1)
• Emek (1)
• Valley (of Topheth) (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for emeq in context, with how often each is used:

• valley 57
• valleys 10
• like a valley 1
• emek 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 14 (4), Judges 7 (3), Joel 3 (3), Joshua 7 (2), Joshua 13 (2), Joshua 15 (2), Joshua 18 (2), Judges 1 (2), 1 Samuel 17 (2), 2 Samuel 5 (2)

Forms

• בעמק 29
• עמק 10
• העמק 8
• ועמק 5
• לעמק 2
• עמקים 2
• העמקים 2
• בעמקים 2
• מעמק 2
• ובעמק 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with emeq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רְפָאִים rephaim “Rephaim” 8
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 11
• עָכוֹר akhor “(Valley of) Achor” 5
• הַר har “mountain” 10
• שִׂדִּים siddim “Valley” 3
• חָנָה chanah “to camp” 5
• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 5
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 8
• יָם yam “sea” 6
• שָׁרוֹן sharon “Sharon” 3
• מִדְיָן midyan “Midian” 4
• אֵלָה elah “Elah” 3

Key verses

The verses using emeq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Joshua 7:24 — And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and…
• Joshua 10:12 — Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand…
• Judges 1:19 — And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots…
• Judges 7:12 — And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without…
• 1 Kings 20:28 — And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but…
• Isaiah 28:21 — For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his…
• Jeremiah 21:13 — Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter…
• Jeremiah 31:40 — And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east,…
• Hosea 2:15 — And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the…
• Joel 3:2 — I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage…
• Joel 3:12 — Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
• Micah 1:4 — And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.