Mount, Mountain - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Mount, Mountain

[ 1,,G3735, oros ]
is used
(a) without specification, e.g., Luke 3:5 (distinct from bounos, a hill," See HILL, No. 3); John 4:20;
(b) of "the Mount of Transfiguration," Matthew 17:1, Matthew 17:9; Mark 9:2, Mark 9:9; Luke 9:28, Luke 9:37 (AV, "hill"); 2 Peter 1:18;
(c) of "Zion," Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 14:1;
(d) of "Sinai," Acts 7:30, Acts 7:38; Galatians 4:24-Galatians 4:25; Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 12:20;
(e) of "the Mount of Olives," Matthew 21:1; Matthew 24:3; Mark 11:1; Mark 13:3; Luke 19:29, Luke 19:37; Luke 22:39; John 8:1; Acts 1:12;
(f) of "the hill districts as distinct from the lowlands," especially of the hills above the Sea of Galilee, e.g., Matthew 5:1; Matthew 8:1; Matthew 18:12; Mark 5:5;
(g) of "the mountains on the east of Jordan" and "those in the land of Ammon" and "the region of Petra," etc., Matthew 24:16; Mark 13:14; Luke 21:21;
(h) proverbially, "of overcoming difficulties, or accomplishing great things," 1 Corinthians 13:2; cp. Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23;
(i) symbolically, of "a series of the imperial potentates of the Roman dominion, past and future," Revelation 17:9. See HILL.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words