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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.
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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 16 times in 14 verses in '1Sa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 - There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:4 - And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - Likewise, when all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:23 - So the LORD saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:3 - And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15 - David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26 - Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 - Then David went over to the other side and stood far off on the top of the hill, with a great space between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:1 - Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 - The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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