oros · mountain

What it means

oros (ὄρος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mountain”.

Hill.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A large rise in the land.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Mountain, mount. In the Gospels the mountain is often a place of prayer, of teaching and of revelation; also the named mountains: the Mount of Olives, Sinai.

• Going up the mountain to pray or teach Luke 6:12Matthew 5:1Mark 3:13
• The Mount of Olives Matthew 24:3Luke 21:37
• The mountain of the transfiguration and of the testing Mark 9:2Matthew 4:8
• Sinai and the mountain of Samaria Galatians 4:24John 4:20Hebrews 12:20
• “You will say to this mountain”: faith Matthew 17:20Mark 11:23

Historical and cultural background

The Samaritan woman recalled that her fathers worshiped “on this mountain”, while the Jews said the place was Jerusalem (John 4:20).

How we translate it

“Mountain” 30 times and “mountains” 12; “Mount” 17 in names (“the Mount of Olives”, Matthew 24:3; “Mount Sinai”, Galatians 4:24). Once each “hill”, “hillside” and “mountainside”. The image is kept in “A city set on a mountain” (Matthew 5:14).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• mountain ×30
• Mount ×17
• mountains ×12
• hill ×1
• hillside ×1
• mountainside ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×16
• Mark×11
• Luke×12
• John×4
• Acts×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×2
• Hebrews×4
• 2 Peter×1
• Revelation×8

• Matthew 4:8

  Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

• Matthew 5:1

  Now seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

• Matthew 5:14

  You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.

• Matthew 8:1

  When he had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

• Matthew 14:23

  And after sending the crowds away, he went up onto the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

• Matthew 15:29

  And moving on from there, Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee; and going up onto the mountain, he was sitting there.

• Matthew 17:1

  And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John his brother, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves.

• Matthew 17:9

  And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell no one the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

• Matthew 17:20

  And he says to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

• Matthew 18:12

  What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray?

• Matthew 21:1

  And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

• Matthew 21:21

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

• Matthew 24:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

• Matthew 24:16

  then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

• Matthew 26:30

  And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

• Matthew 28:16

  Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

• Mark 3:13

  And he goes up onto the mountain and summons those whom he himself wanted, and they came to him.

• Mark 5:5

  And always, night and day, among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

• Mark 5:11

  Now there was there on the mountainside a large herd of pigs feeding;

• Mark 6:46

  And after taking leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

• Mark 9:2

  And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

• Mark 9:9

  And as they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

• Mark 11:1

  And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples

• Mark 11:23

  Truly I tell you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, it will be done for him.

• Mark 13:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him privately,

• Mark 13:14

  But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

• Mark 14:26

  And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

• Luke 3:5

  Every ravine will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low; and the crooked places will become straight, and the rough places smooth roads;

• Luke 4:29

  and rising up, they drove him out of the town, and they led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, so as to throw him down the cliff.

• Luke 6:12

  Now it happened in these days that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

• Luke 8:32

  Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the hillside; and they begged him to permit them to enter into them; and he permitted them.

• Luke 9:28

  Now it happened, about eight days after these words, that taking along Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray.

• Luke 9:37

  And it happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a large crowd met him.

• Luke 19:29

  And it happened, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the Mount of Olives, that he sent two of the disciples,

• Luke 19:37

  And as he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing and praising God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

• Luke 21:21

  Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those in the middle of it must get out, and those in the fields must not enter into it;

• Luke 21:37

  Now during the days he was teaching in the temple, but at night he would go out and spend the night on the mount called the Mount of Olives.

• Luke 22:39

  And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him.

• Luke 23:30

  Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

• John 4:20

  Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”

And 22 more times.