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GreekG3735Noun (Neuter)

ὄρος

oros

65Occurrences
G3735Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

perhaps akin to G142 (αἴρω); compare G3733 (ὄρνις)); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain)

probably from an obsolete (to rise or "rear";

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a mountain: , opposite to βουνός, (LXX); ὄ. *ἐλαιῶν *(see: ἐ.); ὄ. *Σιών *(Σ., prob. in gem appos.),; ὄ. Σινά; τὸ ὄ., of the hill district as distinct from the lowlands, esp. the hills above the Sea of Galilee τὰ ὄ., proverbially, of overcoming difficulties, accomplishing marvels, ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, cf.
LXX: chiefly, and very freq., for הַר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ὄρος appears 65 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
16
Luke
13
Mark
11
Revelation
8
Hebrews
5
John
5
Acts
3
Galatians
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 13:2BSB

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

John 4:21BSB

“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Luke 6:12BSB

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

Matthew 24:16BSB

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Mark 5:5BSB

Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.