1. Names:<br /><br />

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(2) The Greek oros, is perhaps etymologically akin to har. It occurs often in the <span class="auto-link">[[New Testament]]</span>, and is usually translated "mount" or "mountain." In three places (<bibleref ref="Matt.5.14">Mt 5:14</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Luke.4.29">Lu 4:29</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Luke.9.37">9:37</bibleref>) the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> has hill, which the Revised Version (British and American) retains, except in <bibleref ref="Luke.9.37">Lu 9:37</bibleref>, "when they were come down from the mountain" (of the transfiguration). The derivative oreinos, "hill country," occurs in <bibleref ref="Luke.1.39">Lu 1:39</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Luke.1.65">65</bibleref>.

(3) The common Hebrew word for "hill" is gibh`ah = Gibeah (<bibleref ref="Judg.19.12">Jud 19:12</bibleref>); compare Geba, gebha` (<bibleref ref="1Sam.13.3">1Sa 13:3</bibleref>); Gibeon, gib`on (<bibleref ref="Josh.9.3">Jos 9:3</bibleref>), from root gabha`, "to be high"; compare Arabic qubbeh, "dome"; Latin caput; kephale.

(4) In <bibleref ref="1Sam.9.11">1Sa 9:11</bibleref>, the King James Version has "hill" for ma`aleh, root ’alah, "to ascend"; compare Arabic `ala’, "to be high," and `ali, "high." Here and elsewhere the Revised Version (British and American) has "ascent."

(5) <span class="auto-link">[[English Versions]]</span> of the Bible has "hill" in <bibleref ref="Isa.5.1-Isa.5.30">Isa 5</bibleref> for qeren, "horn"; compare Arabic qarn, "horn," which is also used for a mountain peak.

(6) Tur, is translated "mountain" in <bibleref ref="Dan.2.35">Da 2:35</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Dan.2.45">45</bibleref>, but the Revised Version margin "rock" in <bibleref ref="Dan.2.35">Da 2:35</bibleref>. The Arabic tur, "mountain," is especially used with Sinai, jebel tur sina’.

(7) mutstsabh (<bibleref ref="Isa.29.3">Isa 29:3</bibleref>), is translated in the King James Version "mount" in the English Revised Version "fort," in the American Standard Revised Version "posted troops"; compare matstsabh, "garrison" (<bibleref ref="1Sam.14.1">1Sa 14:1</bibleref>, etc.), from root natsabh, "to set"; compare Arabic nacab, "to set."

(8) colelah, from calal, "to raise," is in the King James Version and the English Revised Version "mount," the King James Version margin "engine of shot," the American Standard Revised Version "mound" (<bibleref ref="Jer.32.24">Jer 32:24</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Jer.33.4">33:4</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Ezek.4.2">Eze 4:2</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Ezek.17.1-Ezek.17.24">17</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Ezek.21.22">21:22</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Ezek.26.8">26:8</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Dan.11.15">Da 11:15</bibleref>).

2. Figurative and Descriptive:<br /><br />

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3. Particular Mountains:<br /><br />

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mount, moun’-tin.<br /><br />

See <em>HILL, MOUNT, MOUNTAIN</em>.<br /><br />