Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Hill

  1. Heb.gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12, 72:3, 114:4, 6).
  2. Heb.har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Ex. 24:4, 12, 13, 18; Num. 14:40, 44, 45). In Dt. 1:7, Josh. 9:1, 10:40, 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 Sam. 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent."
  4. In Lk. 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.

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