Strong's Lexicon
har: Mountain, hill, hill country
Original Word:הַר
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Transliteration:har
Pronunciation:har
Phonetic Spelling:(har)
Definition:Mountain, hill, hill country
Meaning:a mountain, range of hills
Word Origin:From an unused root meaning to loom up
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -ὄρος (oros) - Strong's Greek 3735: This Greek word is used in the New Testament to denote a mountain or hill, similar to the Hebrew "har." It appears in contexts such as the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1) and the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1).
Usage:The Hebrew word "har" primarily refers to a mountain or hill. It is used throughout the Old Testament to describe physical elevations in the landscape, often serving as significant geographical markers. Mountains in biblical texts are frequently associated with divine encounters, covenants, and revelations. They are places where God meets with His people, such as Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments, and Mount Zion, which holds theological significance as the site of Jerusalem and the Temple.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Near Eastern cultures, mountains were often seen as sacred spaces, believed to be closer to the divine realm. This cultural perception is reflected in the Bible, where mountains are settings for pivotal events in Israel's history. The Israelites, like their neighbors, viewed mountains as places of strength and refuge, as well as sites for worship and sacrifice. The topography of the land of Israel, with its numerous hills and mountains, reinforced this cultural and religious significance.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originof uncertain derivation
Definitionmountain, hill, hill country
NASB Translationhill (16), hill country (91), hills (8), hillside* (1), mount (118), Mount (5), mountain (156), Mountain (2), mountains (161).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[], assumed by Thes and others as ancient form for
mountain, to explain
Genesis 49:26, read ; but better
everlasting mountains, see below .
558Genesis 7:19 (Late Hebrewid., plural , ; Phoenician CISi. 3, 17; Sabean suffix DHMZMG 1876, 673); — absoluteJoshua 17:18 +; with articleExodus 3:12 +; with locativeGenesis 14:10,Genesis 12:8 12t.; constructGenesis 10:30 +; suffixPsalm 30:8,Jeremiah 17:3;Psalm 11:1;Genesis 14:6; pluralDeuteronomy 11:11 +; with articleGenesis 7:19 +; constructGenesis 8:4 27t.;Deuteronomy 33:15 8t. (all poetry); suffixIsaiah 14:25;Isaiah 49:11;Zechariah 14:5 +Ezekiel 38:21 (B Co ),Isaiah 65:9;Ezekiel 35:8;Malachi 1:3;Deuteronomy 8:9; —
mountain, hill (these often not sharply distinguished, but):
specificallymountain, high elevation, often in all the literature; — e. g.Mount Sinai (properly, the Mount of Sinai; so always)Exodus 19:11,18,20,23;Exodus 24:16;Exodus 31:18;Exodus 34:2,4,29,32;Leviticus 7:38;Leviticus 25:1;Leviticus 26:46;Leviticus 27:34;Numbers 3:1;Numbers 28:6;Nehemiah 9:13 (see ); also =id.,Exodus 19:2 10t.Exodus 19 (Exodus 19:18 read , so Manuscripts Di)Exodus 20:18;Exodus 24:4 6t.Exodus 24;Exodus 25:40;Exodus 26:30;Exodus 27:8;Exodus 32:1,15,19;Exodus 34:2,3(twice in verse);Exodus 34:29; =Exodus 33:6 (see ), alsoExodus 3:1,1 Kings 19:8; further =id.,Deuteronomy 4:11 (twice in verse);Deuteronomy 5:4,5,19,20;Deuteronomy 9:9 10t. Deuteronomy 9.. 10,1 Kings 19:11; =Exodus 4:27;Exodus 18:5;Exodus 24:13 (all J E) =Numbers 10:33 (compare Di); see furtherHor the mount (so always)Numbers 20:22 10t. Numbers;Deuteronomy 32:50; =Numbers 20:28 (twice in verse);Deuteronomy 32:49;Deuteronomy 34:1 =Deuteronomy 32:50; =Numbers 27:12;Deuteronomy 32:49, compare ()Numbers 33:47,48;Mt. GerizimDeuteronomy 11:29;Deuteronomy 27:12;Joshua 8:33;Judges 9:7;Mt. EbalDeuteronomy 11:29;Deuteronomy 27:4;Deuteronomy 24:13;Joshua 8:30,33; alsoMt. HermonDeuteronomy 3:8;Joshua 11:17;Joshua 12:1,5;Joshua 13:5,11;1 Chronicles 5:23; compareDeuteronomy 4:48 (see ), & (seeid., & below );Mt. LebanonJudges 3:3, compare2 Kings 19:23 =Isaiah 37:24 (see );Mt. Carmel1 Kings 18:19,20;2 Kings 2:25;2 Kings 4:25 (see ); =id.,2 Kings 4:27, apparently also2 Kings 1:9;Mt. Tabor,Judges 4:6,12,14, compareJeremiah 46:18 (opposed to );1 Samuel 31:1,8;2 Samuel 1:6, also (poetry)2 Samuel 1:21 (compare Dr);Judges 1:35 (Stu ) compare ;Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse)Mount of Olives, (opposed to ) compareEzekiel 11:23; also1 Kings 11:7 (place of Solomon's idolatry) =2 Kings 23:13mountain of the destroyer (same combination in another, figurative senseJeremiah 51:25), others derive here fromanoint, and render as =Mt. of Olives (cited as Talmud, Shabb. 56 b), compare HoffmZAW 1882, 175; in land of MoriahGenesis 22:2; mountains about Jerusalem in General,Psalm 125:2; compare alsoPsalm 121:1 ("" ); of citadel of JerusalemIsaiah 22:5; of temple hillMicah 3:12 =Jeremiah 26:18;Isaiah 2:2 =Micah 4:1; 2Chronicles 33:15; alsoJeremiah 17:3; furtherMt. ZionIsaiah 4:5;Isaiah 8:18;Isaiah 10:12;Isaiah 18:7;Isaiah 24:23;Isaiah 29:8;Isaiah 31:4;Isaiah 37:32;Micah 4:7;Lamentations 5:18; Obadiah 17..Joel 3:5;Psalm 48:3;Psalm 48:12;Psalm 74:2;Psalm 78:68;Psalm 125:1 (see also ); compareIsaiah 10:32,Isaiah 16:1;Isaiah 2:3 =Micah 4:2;Isaiah 30:29;Psalm 24:3; (id. of HorebNumbers 10:33 J E);Zechariah 8:3,Zephaniah 3:11; Obadiah 16;Ezekiel 20:40;Isaiah 11:9 =Isaiah 65:25, compareIsaiah 56:7;Isaiah 57:13;Isaiah 65:11;Joel 2:1 ("" ) Joel 4:17 (""id.)Psalm 2:6 (""id.)Psalm 3:5;Psalm 15:1;Psalm 43:3;Psalm 48:2; see furtherIsaiah 66:20 compareDaniel 9:16 &Isaiah 27:13; alsoDaniel 11:45;Jeremiah 31:23; evenDaniel 9:20; other designations of temple-hill arePsalm 68:17, &Ezekiel 17:23;Ezekiel 20:40 ("" );Ezekiel 28:14 of the distant abode of God (or gods?) soEzekiel 28:16 (Psalm 68:16 is General,a God's mountain, i.e. a majestic mountain, likewise in similePsalm 36:7); — elsewhere of Horeb (Sinai)Exodus 4:27;Exodus 18:5;Exodus 24:13;1 Kings 19:8 (see above). Note particularIsaiah 14:13mountain of meeting orof assembly, i.e. the dwelling-place of the gods, according to Babylonian conception, here represented as in the far north, see especially Che De Di, DlPa 117 ff. COTon the passage Jr57ff. JenKosmologie 23.Upon the mountain is compareJudges 11:38, & the peculiar phraseJudges 11:37;go up uponExodus 19:23;Exodus 24:13;Exodus 34:4 (all J E); compare accusative inNumbers 20:25;speak with oneupon isExodus 31:18;Exodus 34:32;Numbers 3:1 (all P),Leviticus 25:1 (H), comparecommand, give commands, law, etc.,Leviticus 7:38;Leviticus 26:46;Leviticus 27:34 (all P or H); other phrases withupon (literallyin, i.e. in the midst of a group of mountains)Exodus 34:3 (JE)Exodus 25:40;Exodus 26:30;Exodus 27:8;Numbers 28:6 (all P),Isaiah 13:4; butPsalm 106:19 =at Horeb,Numbers 33:37at Mt. Hor; go down from the mountain isExodus 32:1,15 (both J E)Exodus 34:29 (twice in verse) (both P), compareJudges 9:36 etc.
mountain-rangePsalm 68:16 (twice in verse) =Psalm 68:16; =Psalm 68:16,Psalm 68:17 (of the Jebel Hauran: see ).
mountain, indefinite,Job 14:18 ("" ); usually pluralmountains, in General, orthe mountains, especially in poetry & the higher style; often figurative; , , covered by floodGenesis 7:20 compareGenesis 7:19;Genesis 8:5; covered by waters & freed therefrom by word of God (at creation)Psalm 104:6; a chief work of God (in creation)Amos 4:13;Psalm 65:7;Psalm 90:2;Proverbs 8:25 ("" ); weighed by GodIsaiah 40:12; removed and overturned in anger of GodJob 9:5 comparePsalm 46:3;Psalm 46:4; devastated by GodIsaiah 42:15 ("" ) compareJeremiah 9:9; smoking at God's touchPsalm 104:32;Psalm 144:5; melting at presence ofJudges 5:5;Micah 1:4;Psalm 97:5;Isaiah 63:19;Isaiah 64:2; tremblingIsaiah 5:25 compareJeremiah 4:24 ("" ),Nahum 1:5 (""id.),Habakkuk 3:10; called to witness Yahweh's dealings with his peopleMicah 6:2 ("" ) compareMicah 6:1 ("" ), entreated to cover the guiltyHosea 10:8 ("" ); addressed by alsoEzekiel 6:3 ("" , opposed to , ); specifically, mountains of Israel summoned to hear and addressed by himEzekiel 36:1 (twice in verse);Ezekiel 36:4,8;Ezekiel 37:22;Ezekiel 38:8;Ezekiel 39:2,4; summoned to praisePsalm 148:9 ("" ) compareIsaiah 44:23;Isaiah 49:13;Isaiah 55:12 ("" ); leaping in praise ofPsalm 114:4;Psalm 114:6 (both "" );Deuteronomy 33:15 ("" );Habakkuk 3:6 (""id.); alsoPsalm 76:5 (according to Bi Che; has for ), and probablyGenesis 49:26 for ("" ) compare Di.
high mountainIsaiah 30:25 ("" ) compareIsaiah 40:9;Isaiah 52:7;Ezekiel 40:2;Ezekiel 17:22; pluralGenesis 7:19;Psalm 104:18 ("" ),Isaiah 2:14 as symbol of strength and pride ("" ), compareEzekiel 38:20 ("" , ).
Joshua 12:8 (D; opposed to , , , ), compareDeuteronomy 1:7, alsoJeremiah 17:26 (opposed to );Genesis 19:17 (J; opposed to ); often opposed to2 Kings 2:16;Ezekiel 31:12 (figurative)Ezekiel 32:5 (id.)Ezekiel 35:8 ("" ),Ezekiel 36:4 (""id.),Isaiah 40:4 (""id.), opposed toDeuteronomy 8:7;Deuteronomy 11:11;Psalm 104:8; opposed toLamentations 4:19 (compareJoshua 12:8 above);Psalm 104:10 is "" ; see also1 Kings 20:28, compare1 Kings 20:23 (opposed to ); note alsoJoshua 13:19 (P), & ,Zechariah 14:5 (twice in verse); furtherPsalm 75:7mountainous desert Vrss. & most modern (Baer but compare De);mountain-ward isGenesis 14:10.
mountains as hiding-places: —Judges 6:2the burrows (Stanley, VB)which are in the mountains; comparePsalm 11:1;Jeremiah 16:16 ("" );Job 28:9 (of mining), see alsoDeuteronomy 8:9.
mountains as running-place of gazelles1 Chronicles 12:8; of leopardsSongs 4:8; hunting-ground for partridges1 Samuel 26:20;Psalm 50:11; comparePsalm 11:1 (figurative); wandering-place of lost sheep (figurative)Nahum 3:18;1 Kings 22:17;Jeremiah 50:6 compareJeremiah 50:6 ("" ),Ezekiel 34:6 ("" ) 2 Chronicles 18:16.
Psalm 50:10 (read for Ol Bi Che), compareJob 39:8 of pasture of wild ass; also (si vera lectio)Job 40:20, i.e. mountains as furnishing food for hippopotamus; see furtherSongs 4:6;Songs 8:14;Proverbs 27:25.
2Chronicles 26:10 (opposed to , )Isaiah 7:25; see alsoPsalm 147:8 compareHaggai 1:11; figurativePsalm 72:3 ("" ); in promise Joel 4:18 compareAmos 9:13;
(i.e. their forests; in simile)Psalm 83:15.
, (figurative)Isaiah 34:3melting with blood; as place of battle array,height1 Samuel 17:3 (twice in verse).
Isaiah 65:7 ("" ) compareJeremiah 3:6 & apparentlyJeremiah 3:25 (""id.) soIsaiah 57:7,Deuteronomy 12:2 ("" ); butEzekiel 18:6,15 read perhaps for compare RSK 310 &Ezekiel 33:25.1 Samuel 23:26 (twice in verse);2 Samuel 13:34side of the mountain,2 Samuel 16:13id.;Isaiah 17:13chaff of mountains;Job 24:8mountain-shower;Judges 9:36shadow of the mountains;Zechariah 6:1;top of mountain usuallyNumbers 14:40,44;1 Samuel 26:13;2 Kings 1:9; as place for beaconIsaiah 30:17 ("" ), (compareIsaiah 13:2 &Isaiah 18:3),Isaiah 2:2 =Micah 4:1,Isaiah 42:11 ("" as dwelling-place) see alsoPsalm 72:16;Genesis 8:5; as lurking-places for ambuscadeJudges 9:25,36, placesfor altarsEzekiel 6:13 ("" ), for sacrificeHosea 4:13 ("" );Joshua 15:8 =mountain-ridge, compareJoshua 15:9;Judges 16:3;Psalm 95:4;foundations of mountainsDeuteronomy 32:22;Psalm 18:8 (""2 Samuel 22:8); compareJonah 2:7.
in figure uses:Isaiah 41:15 figurative of Israel's overcoming its foes;Jeremiah 13:16 of encountering hopeless calamities;Isaiah 54:10 as less permanent & changeless than Yahweh's kindness ("" );Jeremiah 51:25 &Jeremiah 51:25 figurative of Babylon.
hill-country, mountain-region,
opposed to plain, etc.: — dwelling-place of Canaanites,Numbers 13:17,29 (of promised land; opposed to , & );Deuteronomy 1:7;Joshua 11:2;Joshua 12:8; compareJoshua 9:1;Joshua 10:40;Judges 1:9; indefinite (the hill-country, the mountains, in General) 2Chron 2:1 (place for hewing wood) so v.2 Chronicles 2:17;Nehemiah 8:15 (place for cutting boughs), etc.
:Deuteronomy 1:7 (compareDeuteronomy 1:7)Deuteronomy 1:19 (compareDeuteronomy 1:24), alsoJoshua 10:6; of AmalekitesJudges 12:15; of EphraimJoshua 17:15;Joshua 19:50;Joshua 20:7;Joshua 21:21;Joshua 24:30,33;Judges 3:27;Judges 4:5;Judges 7:24;Judges 9:48;Judges 17:1 6t.Judges 17;1 Samuel 1:1;1 Samuel 9:4;1 Samuel 14:22;2 Samuel 20:21;1 Kings 4:8;1 Kings 12:25;2 Kings 5:22;1 Chronicles 6:52; 2Chronicles 13:4; 15:8; 19:4;Jeremiah 4:15;Jeremiah 31:6; Ephraim and GileadJeremiah 50:19 (compare alsoJoshua 17:16,18;Judges 3:27); of IsraelJoshua 11:16,21, cf.Ezekiel 6:2;Ezekiel 19:9;Ezekiel 33:28;Ezekiel 34:13;Ezekiel 35:12;Ezekiel 17:23;Ezekiel 20:40 ("" )Ezekiel 34:14; i.e. in mountain-countryDeuteronomy 2:37 (of Ammonites),Jeremiah 32:44;Jeremiah 33:13; hill-country of JudahJoshua 11:21;Joshua 15:48;Joshua 18:12;Joshua 20:7;Joshua 21:11; 2Chronicles 21:11 () 2 Chronicles 27:4; abode of JebusitesJoshua 11:3.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hill country, mountain, promotion
A shortened form ofharar; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
see HEBREWharar
Forms and Transliterations
בְּהַ֖ר בְּהַ֣ר בְּהַ֣ר ׀ בְּהַ֤ר בְּהַ֥ר בְּהַ֨ר בְּהַר֙ בְּהַרְרָ֣ם בְּהַר־ בְּהָרֵ֖י בְּהָרֵ֣י בְּהָרֵ֥י בְהַר־ בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים בֶּֽהָרִ֖ים בֶּהָרִ֣ים בֶּהָרִֽים׃ בֶּהָרִים֙ בָּהָ֑ר בָּהָ֔ר בָּהָ֕ר בָּהָ֖ר בָּהָ֗ר בָּהָ֛ר בָּהָ֣ר בָּהָ֤ר בָּהָ֥ר בָּהָ֧ר בָּהָֽר׃ בָּהָר֙ בָהָ֗ר בָהָ֛ר בָהָֽר׃ בָהָר֙ בָהָר֮ בהר בהר־ בהר׃ בהרי בהרים בהרים׃ בהררם הֶ֠הָרִים הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים הֶ֥רָה הֶ֨הָרִ֜ים הֶֽ֭הָרִים הֶֽהָרִ֑ים הֶֽהָרִ֔ים הֶֽהָרִֽים׃ הֶֽהָרִים֙ הֶהָרִ֑ים הֶהָרִ֔ים הֶהָרִ֖ים הֶהָרִ֗ים הֶהָרִ֛ים הֶהָרִ֜ים הֶהָרִ֣ים הֶהָרִ֤ים הֶהָרִ֥ים הֶהָרִֽים׃ הַ֖ר הַ֣ר הַ֤ר הַ֥ר הַ֨ר הַֽר־ הַר֙ הַר֩ הַרְכֶ֥ם הַר־ הָ֘רִ֤ים הָ֝רִ֗ים הָ֠הָר הָ֣רֵי הָ֥רֵי הָ֫רִ֥ים הָ֭רִים הָהָ֑ר הָהָ֑רָה הָהָ֔ר הָהָ֔רָה הָהָ֕ר הָהָ֖ר הָהָ֖רָה הָהָ֗ר הָהָ֗רָה הָהָ֛ר הָהָ֜ר הָהָ֣ר הָהָ֣רָה הָהָ֤ר הָהָ֥ר הָהָ֥רָה הָהָֽרָה׃ הָהָֽר׃ הָהָר֙ הָהָר֩ הָרִ֑ים הָרִ֓ים הָרִ֔ים הָרִ֖ים הָרִ֗ים הָרִ֜ים הָרִ֣ים הָרִ֥ים הָרִ֨ים הָרִ֪ים הָרִֽים׃ הָרִים֙ הָרִים֮ הָרֵ֣י הָרֵ֤י הָרֵ֥י הָרֵ֨י הָרֵי֙ הָרַ֖י הָרַ֗י הָרַי֙ הָרָ֑י הָרָ֖יו הָרָיו֙ ההר ההר׃ ההרה ההרה׃ ההרים ההרים׃ הר הר־ הרה הרי הריו הרים הרים׃ הרכם וְהֶהָרִ֖ים וְהַ֤ר וְהַ֥ר וְהַר־ וְהָהָ֖ר וְהָהָ֞ר וּבְהַ֣ר וּבְהַ֥ר וּבְהָרֵ֥י וּבָהָ֑ר וּבָהָֽר׃ ובהר ובהר׃ ובהרי וההר וההרים והר והר־ כְּֽהַר־ כְהַר־ כהר־ לְהַ֣ר לְהַ֥ר לְהַר־ לֶֽהָרִים֙ לֶהָרִ֣ים לֶהָרִ֨ים להר להר־ להרים מֵֽהַר־ מֵֽהָהָ֔ר מֵהַ֖ר מֵהַ֣ר מֵהַ֤ר מֵהַ֥ר מֵהַ֨ר מֵהַר֙ מֵהָרֵ֣י מההר מהר מהר־ מהרי bā·hār ḇā·hār baHar bāhār ḇāhār bə·hā·rê be·hā·rîm bə·har bə·har- ḇə·har- bə·har·rām beHar bəhar bəhar- ḇəhar- bəhārê behaRei behaRim behārîm beharRam bəharrām chehar hā·hā·rāh hā·hār hā·rāw hā·ray hā·rāy hā·rê hā·rîm haHar hāhār haHarah hāhārāh Hahor har har- har·ḵem haRai haRav hārāw hāray hārāy harChem hārê haRei haRim hārîm harḵem he·hā·rîm he·rāh hehaRim hehārîm Herah herāh kə·har- ḵə·har- kehar kəhar- ḵəhar- le·hā·rîm lə·har lə·har- lehar ləhar ləhar- lehaRim lehārîm mê·hā·hār mê·hā·rê mê·har mê·har- mehaHar mêhāhār meHar mêhar mêhar- mêhārê mehaRei ū·ḇā·hār ū·ḇə·hā·rê ū·ḇə·har ūḇāhār ūḇəhar ūḇəhārê uvaHar uveHar uvehaRei vaHar vehaHar veHar vehehaRim wə·hā·hār wə·har wə·har- wə·he·hā·rîm wəhāhār wəhar wəhar- wəhehārîm
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