Hill

Easton, 1897

(1.) Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Psalms 65:12; Psalms 72:3; Psalms 114:4, Psalms 114:6).

(2.) Heb. har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 24:18; Numbers 14:40, Numbers 14:44, Numbers 14:45). In Deuteronomy 1:7, Joshua 9:1; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16, it denotes the elevated district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, which forms the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

(3.) Heb. ma'aleh in 1 Samuel 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent."

(4.) In Luke 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.