Mount

Palestine is a hilly country (Deut. 3:25; 11:11; Ezek. 34:13). West of Jordan the mountains stretch from Lebanon far down into Galilee, terminating in Carmel. The isolated peak of Tabor rises from the elevated plain of Esdraelon, which, in the south, is shut in by hills spreading over the greater part of Samaria. The mountains of Western and Middle Palestine do not extend to the sea, but gently slope into plains, and toward the Jordan fall down into the Ghor. East of the Jordan the Anti-Lebanon, stretching south, terminates in the hilly district called Jebel Heish, which reaches down to the Sea of Gennesareth. South of the river Hieromax there is again a succession of hills, which are traversed by wadies running toward the Jordan. These gradually descend to a level at the river Arnon, which was the boundary of the ancient trans-Jordanic territory toward the south. The composition of the Palestinian hills is limestone, with occasional strata of chalk, and hence the numerous caves, some of large extent, found there.

(Isaiah 29:3; Jeremiah 6:6) etc. [SIEGE]

MOUNT, MOUNTAIN, the translation of three words, of which the commonest, like our word, applies to both a single mountain and a range. The mountains mentioned in the Bible are Sinai, Ebal, Gerizim, Zion, and Olivet, and the range of Lebanon. Eze 18:6. Worship upon mountains was forbidden. Dean Stanley gives (Sinai and Palestine) the following list, quoted in Ayre's Treasury of Bible Knowledge, of Hebrew words used in reference to mountains or hills. It will be noticed the majority are in common use with us: "Head, rosh, Gen 8:5; Ex 19:20; Deut 34:1; 1 Kgs 18:42 (A.V. 'top'). Of a hill (gibeah), Ex 17:9-10. "Ears, aznoth, Aznoth-tabor, Josh 19:34; possibly in allusion to some projection on the top of the mountain. "Shoulder, chuteph, Deut 33:12; Josh 15:8; Josh 18:16 ('side'), all referring to the hills on which Jerusalem is placed. Josh 15:10, 'the side of Mount Jearim.' "Side, tzad (see the word for the 'side' of a man in 2 Sam 2:16; Eze 4:4, etc.). Used in reference to a mountain in 1 Sam 23:26; 2 Sam 13:34. "Loins or flanks, chisloth, Chisloth-tabor. Josh 19:12, and occurs also in the name of a village, probably situated on this part of the mountain, Ha-chesulloth - i.e. the 'loins,' Josh 19:18. "Rib, tzelah. Only used once, in speaking of the Mount of Olives, 2 Sam 16:13, and there translated "side.' "Back, shechem. Probably the root of the name of the town Shechem, which may be derived from its situation, as it were, on the back of Gerizim. "Elbow, ammah. The same word as that for 'cubit.' It occurs in 2 Sam 2:24 as the name of a hill near Gibeon. "Thigh, yarchah (see the word for the 'thigh' of a man in Jud 3:16,2 Chr 11:21), Applied to Mount Ephraim, Jud 19:1, 1 Sam 30:18, and to Lebanon. 2 Kgs 19:23; Isa 37:24. Used also for the 'sides' of a cave. 1 Sam 24:3. "The word translated 'covert' in 1 Sam 25:20 is aether, from eathar, to hide, ... and probably refers to the shrubbery or thicket through which Abigail's path

lay. In this passage 'hill' should be 'mountain.'"

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.] Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi. 6.

3. A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piété.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as:

2. A horse. She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.

3. The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li. 53. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.

2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

3. To attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne Dryden.

2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.

4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.

5. To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high Shak.