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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Valley \Val"ley\, n.; pl {Valleys}. [OE. vale, valeie OF val['e]e, valede F. vall['e]e, LL vallata, L. vallis, valles. See {Vale}.] 1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. The valley of the shadow of death. --Ps. xxiii. 4. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called {gorges}, {ravines}, {ca[~n]ons}, {gulches}, etc 2. (Arch.) a The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a re["e]ntrant angle. b The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. {Valley board} (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. {Valley rafter}, or {Valley piece} (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. {Valley roof} (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See {Valley}, 2, above. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: valley n : a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: {vale}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Valley, AL (city, FIPS 78204) Location: 32.80904 N, 85.17302 W Population (1990): 8173 (3482 housing units) Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36854 Valley, NE (city, FIPS 50020) Location: 41.31303 N, 96.34603 W Population (1990): 1775 (756 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68064 Valley, WA Zip code(s): 99181 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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).
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