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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ὄρος

(Strong's #3735 — Noun Neuter — oros — or'-os )

"a hill or mountain," is translated "hill" in Matthew 5:14; Luke 4:29; "mountain" in Luke 9:37 , RV, AV, "hill" (of the mount of transfiguration) as in Luke 9:28 . See MOUNTAIN.

2: ὀρεινός

(Strong's #3714 — Adjective — oreinos — or-i-nos' )

an adjective meaning "mountainous, hilly," is used in the feminine, oreine, as a noun, and rendered "hill country" in Luke 1:39,65 . See COUNTRY.

3: βουνός

(Strong's #1015 — Noun Masculine — bounos — boo-nos' )

"a mound, heap, height," is translated "hill" in Luke 3:5; "hills" in Luke 23:30 .

Note: In Acts 17:22 , AV, pagos is translated "hill." "The Areopagus," RV, stands for the council (not hill) held near by.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hill'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/hill.html. 1940.
 
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