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Lexicon :: Strong's G3735 - oros

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ὄρος
Transliteration
oros (Key)
Pronunciation
or'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an obsolete oro (to rise or "rear", perhaps akin to αἴρω (G142), cf ὄρνις (G3733))
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:475,732

Strong’s Definitions

ὄρος óros, or'-os; probably from an obsolete ὄρω órō (to rise or "rear"; perhaps akin to G142; compare G3733); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain):—hill, mount(-ain).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's G3735 in the following manner: mountain (41x), mount (21x), hill (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's G3735 in the following manner: mountain (41x), mount (21x), hill (3x).

  1. a mountain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὄρος óros, or'-os; probably from an obsolete ὄρω órō (to rise or "rear"; perhaps akin to G142; compare G3733); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain):—hill, mount(-ain).
STRONGS G3735:
ὄρος, ὄρους, τό (ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι (i. e. a rising; see orthroi])) (from Homer down), the Sept. for הַר, a mountain: Matthew 5:14; Luke 3:5; Revelation 6:14, and often; τό ὄρος, the mountain nearest the place spoken of, the mountain near by (but see ὁ, II. 1 b.), Matthew 5:1; Mark 3:13; Luke 9:28; John 6:3, 15; plural ὄρη, Matthew 18:12; Matthew 24:16; Mark 5:5; Revelation 6:16, etc.; genitive plural ὀρέων (on this uncontracted form, used also in Attic, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 49 note 3; Winers Grammar, § 9, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 14 (13); Dindorf in Fleckeisen's Jahrb. for 1869, p. 83)), Revelation 6:15; ὄρη μεθιστάνειν a proverb. phrase, used also by rabbinical writings, to remove mountains, i. e. to accomplish most difficult, stupendous, incredible things: 1 Corinthians 13:2, cf. Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:1; 5:14; 17:20; 18:12; 21:21; 24:16
Mark
3:13; 5:5; 11:23
Luke
3:5; 9:28
John
6:3; 6:15
1 Corinthians
13:2
Revelation
6:14; 6:15; 6:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3735 matches the Greek ὄρος (oros),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits[fn] deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:30 - The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”;[fn] as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates,[fn] and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen pitched tents in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54 - and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.[fn]
May they be on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
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