Topical Bible: Hill

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In biblical literature, the term "hill" often refers to elevated landforms that are smaller than mountains but significant in the geographical and spiritual landscape of the Scriptures. Hills are frequently mentioned in the Bible, serving as sites for important events, places of worship, and symbols of divine presence and protection.

Geographical Significance

Hills in the biblical context are often associated with the land of Israel and its surrounding regions. The topography of ancient Israel is characterized by a series of hills and valleys, which played a crucial role in the daily life, defense, and agriculture of the people. For instance, the "hill country of Ephraim" (Joshua 17:15) and the "hill country of Judah" (Joshua 21:11) are notable regions that provided natural fortifications and fertile land for cultivation.

Spiritual and Symbolic Importance

Hills are frequently depicted as places of divine encounter and worship. In the Old Testament, they are often associated with altars and high places where people offered sacrifices to God. For example, the prophet Samuel anointed Saul as king on a hill (1 Samuel 10:1-2), and Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, a prominent hill (1 Kings 18:19-40).

The Psalms often reflect the spiritual significance of hills, portraying them as symbols of God's strength and protection. Psalm 121:1-2 states, "I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." This passage highlights the hills as a metaphor for divine assistance and refuge.

Hills in the New Testament

In the New Testament, hills continue to hold spiritual significance. Jesus often withdrew to hills to pray and teach. The Sermon on the Mount, one of His most famous teachings, was delivered on a hillside (Matthew 5:1). Additionally, the Transfiguration of Jesus occurred on a high mountain, traditionally identified as Mount Tabor, a significant hill in the region (Matthew 17:1-9).

Prophetic and Eschatological Imagery

Hills also appear in prophetic and eschatological contexts. Isaiah 2:2 prophesies, "In the last days, the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it." This imagery underscores the future exaltation of God's kingdom and the centrality of His presence.

Conclusion

Throughout the Bible, hills serve as more than just geographical features; they are imbued with spiritual meaning and significance. They are places of divine revelation, worship, and refuge, reflecting the enduring relationship between God and His people.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Hebrews gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Psalm 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, 6).

(2.) Hebrews har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Exodus 24:4, 12, 13, 18; Numbers 14:40, 44, 45). In Deuteronomy 1:7, Joshua 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.) Hebrews ma'aleh in 1 Samuel 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent."

(4.) In Luke 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.

Hill of Evil Counsel

On the south of the Valley of Hinnom. It is so called from a tradition that the house of the high priest Caiaphas, when the rulers of the Jews resolved to put Christ to death, stood here.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

2. (n.) The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.

3. (n.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.

4. (v. t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GAREB, THE HILL OF

ga'-reb, (garebh):

A hill in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, which was one of the landmarks to which the prophet Jeremiah (31:39) foresaw that the city should extend. The site is unknown. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) would connect this with the "mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward" (Joshua 15:8), but this is too far South; it is inconceivable that the prophet could have imagined the city extending so far in this direction; most probably the hill was to the North-the one natural direction for the city's extension-and is now incorporated in the modern suburbs.

E. W. G. Masterman

HACHILAH, HILL OF

ha-ki'-la, hak'-i-la, (chakhilah): A hill in the wilderness of Judah, associated with the wanderings of David. It is stated (1 Samuel 23:19) to be "on the South of the desert" (or Jeshimon), and (1 Samuel 26:1) to be "before (on the front (i.e. edge) of) the desert." It was near Ziph and Maon. The only plausible hypothesis is that it is represented by the ridge Dhahret el-Kolah in the wilderness of Ziph, toward the desert of En-gedi (PEF, III, 313, Sh XXI).

HILL, HILL COUNTRY

hil'-kun-tri: The common translation of three Hebrew words:

(1) gibh`ah, from root meaning "to be curved," is almost always translated "hill"; it is a pecuIiarly appropriate designation for the very rounded hills of Palestine; it is never used for a range of mountains. Several times it occurs as a place-name, "Gibeah of Judah" (Joshua 15:20, 57); "Gibeah of Benjamin" or "Saul" (Judges 19:12-16, etc.); "Gibeah of Phinehas" (Joshua 24:33 margin), etc. (see GIBEAH). Many such hills were used for idolatrous rites (1 Kings 14:23 2 Kings 17:10 Jeremiah 2:20, etc.).

(2) har, frequently translated in the King James Version "hill," is in the Revised Version (British and American) usually translated "mountain" (compare Genesis 7:19 Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:15, and many other references), or "hillcountry." Thus we have the "hill-country of the Amorites" (Deuteronomy 1:7, 19, 20); the "hill-country of Gilead" (Deuteronomy 3:12); the "hill-country of Ephraim" (Joshua 17:15, 16, 18; Joshua 19:50; Joshua 20:7, etc.); the "hill-country of Judah" (Joshua 11:21; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11 2 Chronicles 27:4, etc.; and (he oreine) Luke 1:39, 65); the "hill-country of Naphtali" (Joshua 20:7). For geographical descriptions see PALESTINE; COUNTRY; EPHRAIM; JUDAH, etc.

(3) `ophel, is translated by "hill" in 2 Kings 5:24 Isaiah 32:14 Micah 4:8, but may possibly mean "tower" or "fort." In other passages the word occurs with the article as a place-name.

See OPHEL.

E. W. G. Masterman

HILL; MOUNT; MOUNTAIN

1. Names:

(1) The commonest word is har (also harar, and herer), which is rendered "hill," "mount" or "mountain." It occurs several hundreds of times. In a number of places the Revised Version (British and American) changes "hill" to "mountain," e.g. Genesis 7:19, mountains covered by flood; Exodus 24:4, Horeb; Joshua 18:14, mountain before Beth-horon: Judges 16:3, mountain before Hebron; Psalm 95:4, "The heights of the mountains are his also"; 121:1, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains." "Hill" remains in Deuteronomy 11:11, "land of hills and valleys"; 1 Kings 20:23, "god of the hills"; Psalm 2:6, "my holy hill of Zion": 98:8, "hills sing for joy." "Mount" is changed "hill-country" in Deuteronomy 1:7, "hill-country of the Amorites"; Judges 12:15, "hill-country of the Amalekites"; Deuteronomy 3:12, "hill-country of Gilead"; but Genesis 3:21, "mountain of Gilead"; and Judges 7:3, "Mount Gilead." "Hill" or "hills" is changed to "hill-country" in Deuteronomy 1:7 Joshua 9:1; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16; Joshua 17:16; Joshua 21:11. In Deuteronomy 1:41, 43, the American Standard Revised Version changes "hill" to "hill-country," while the English Revised Version has "mountain." The reasons for these differences of treatment are not in all cases apparent.

(2) The Greek oros, is perhaps etymologically akin to har. It occurs often in the New Testament, and is usually translated "mount" or "mountain." In three places (Matthew 5:14 Luke 4:29; Luke 9:37) the King James Version has hill, which the Revised Version (British and American) retains, except in Luke 9:37, "when they were come down from the mountain" (of the transfiguration). The derivative oreinos, "hill country," occurs in Luke 1:39, 65.

(3) The common Hebrew word for "hill" is gibh`ah = Gibeah (Judges 19:12); compare Geba, gebha` (1 Samuel 13:3); Gibeon, gib`on (Joshua 9:3), from root gabha`, "to be high"; compare Arabic qubbeh, "dome"; Latin caput; kephale.

(4) In 1 Samuel 9:11, the King James Version has "hill" for ma`aleh, root 'alah, "to ascend"; compare Arabic `ala', "to be high," and `ali, "high." Here and elsewhere the Revised Version (British and American) has "ascent."

(5) English Versions of the Bible has "hill" in Isaiah 5 for qeren, "horn"; compare Arabic qarn, "horn," which is also used for a mountain peak.

(6) Tur, is translated "mountain" in Daniel 2:35, 45, but the Revised Version margin "rock" in Daniel 2:35. The Arabic tur, "mountain," is especially used with Sinai, jebel tur sina'.

(7) mutstsabh (Isaiah 29:3), is translated in the King James Version "mount" in the English Revised Version "fort," in the American Standard Revised Version "posted troops"; compare matstsabh, "garrison" (1 Samuel 14:1, etc.), from root natsabh, "to set"; compare Arabic nacab, "to set."

(8) colelah, from calal, "to raise," is in the King James Version and the English Revised Version "mount," the King James Version margin "engine of shot," the American Standard Revised Version "mound" (Jeremiah 32:24; Jeremiah 33:4 Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 17; 21:22; 26:8 Daniel 11:15).

2. Figurative and Descriptive:

The mountains and hills of Palestine are the features of the country, and were much in the thoughts of the Biblical writers. Their general aspect is that of vast expanses of rock. As compared with better-watered regions Descriptive of the earth, the verdure is sparse and incidental. Snow remains throughout the year on Hermon and the two highest peaks of Lebanon, although in the summer it is in great isolated drifts which are not usually visible from below. In Palestine proper, there are no snow mountains. Most of the valleys are dry wadies, and the roads often follow these wadies, which are to the traveler veritable ovens. It is when he reaches a commanding height and sees the peaks and ridges stretching away one after the other, with perhaps, through some opening to the West, a gleam of the sea like molten metal, that he thinks of the vastness and enduring strength of the mountains. At sunset the rosy lights are succeeded by the cool purple shadows that gradually fade into cold gray, and the traveler is glad of the shelter of his tent. The stars come out, and there is no sound outside the camp except perhaps the cries of jackals or the barking of some goat-herd's dog. These mountains are apt to repel the casual traveler by their bareness. They have no great forests on their slopes. Steep and rugged peaks like those of the Alps are entirely absent. There are no snow peaks or glaciers. There are, it is true, cliffs and crags, but the general outlines are not striking. Nevertheless, these mountains and hills have a great charm for those who have come to know them. To the Biblical writers they are symbols of eternity (Genesis 49:26 Deuteronomy 33:15 Job 15:7 Habakkuk 3:6). They are strong and steadfast, but they too are the creation of God, and they manifest His power (Psalm 18:7; Psalm 97:5 Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 54:10 Jeremiah 4:24 Nahum 1:5 Habakkuk 3:6). The hills were places of heathen sacrifice (Deuteronomy 12:2 1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10 Ezekiel 6:13 Hosea 4:13), and also of sacrifice to Yahweh (Genesis 22:2; Genesis 31:54 Joshua 8:30). Zion is the hill of the Lord (Psalm 2:6; Psalm 135:21 Isaiah 8:18 Joel 3:21 Micah 4:2).

3. Particular Mountains:

Many proper names are associated with the mountains and hills: as Abarim, Amalekites, Ammah, Amorites, Ararat, Baalah, Baal-hermon, Bashan, Beth-el, Bether, Carmel, Chesalon, Ebal, Ephraim, Ephron, Esau, Gaash, Gareb, Geba, Gerizim, Gibeah, Gibeon, Gilboa, Gilead, Hachilah, Halak, Hebron, Heres, Hermon, Hor, Horeb, Jearim, Judah, Lebanon, Mizar, Moreh, Moriah, Naphtali, Nebo, Olives, Olivet, Paran, Perazim, Pisgah, Samaria, Seir, Senir, Sephar, Shepher, Sinai, Sion, Sirion, Tabor, Zalmon, Zemaraim, Zion. See also "mountain of the east" (Genesis 10:30); "mountains of the leopards" (Songs 4:8); "rocks of the wild goats" (1 Samuel 24:2); "hill of the foreskins" (Gibeah-haaraloth) (Joshua 5:3); "mountains of brass" (Zechariah 6:1); "hill of God" (Gibeah of God) (1 Samuel 10:5); "hill of Yahweh" (Psalm 24:3); "mount of congregation" (Isaiah 14:13); see also Matthew 4:8; Matthew 5:1; Matthew 14:23; Matthew 15:29; Matthew 17:1; Matthew 28:16 Luke 8:32 Galatians 4:25.

Alfred Ely Day

MIZAR, THE HILL

mi'-zar, (har mits`ar; oros mikros): The name of a mountain found only in Psalm 42:6; "I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar." The term may be taken as an appellative meaning "littleness" and the phrase mehar mits`ar would then mean "from the little mountain," i.e. the little mountain of Zion. Some scholars think that the "m" in mehar may have arisen from dittography, and that we should read, "from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, O thou little mountain (of Zion)." G.A. Smith discusses the question in a note (HGHL, 477). He suggests that certain names found in the district (za`ura, wady za`arah, and Khirbet Mazara) may be a reminiscence of the name of a hill in the district called Mits`ar; and surly none other would have been put by the Psalmist in apposition to the Hermons. Cheyne says: "To me this appendage to Hermonim seems a poetic loss. Unless the little mountain has a symbolic meaning I could wish it away." I cannot see this: the symbolic meanings suggested for Hermonim and Mits`ar are all forced, and even if we got a natural one, it would be out of place after the literal land of Jordan. To employ all as proper names is suitable to a lyric. No identification is at present possible.

W. Ewing

MOREH, HILL OF

mo'-re (gibh`ath ha-moreh, "hill of the teacher"; Codex Vaticanus Gabaathamora; Codex Alexandrinus, tou bomou tou Abor): The Hebrew moreh is derived from the verb yarah, "to teach," "to direct," and indicates one who directs, or gives oracular answers. We might therefore read "hill of the teacher," the height being associated with such a person who had his seat here. The hill is named only in describing the position of the Midianites before Gideon's attack (Judges 7:1). If the identification of the Well of Harod with `Ain Jalud is correct, Gideon must have occupied the slopes to the East of Jezreel. The Midianite camp was in the valley of Jezreel (Judges 6:33). The Hebrew text in Judges 7:1, which has probably suffered some corruption, seems to mean that the Midianites lay North of the position held by Gideon, their lines running from the hill of Moreh in the plain. The hill can hardly have been other than Jebel ed-Duchy, often called Little Hermon, which rises boldly from the northern edge of the vale of Jezreel, with Shunem (Solam) lying at its western foot. Moore ("Judges," ICC, 200) would lay the scene in the neighborhood of Shechem, but there is no good reason to doubt the accuracy of the tradition which places it at the eastern end of the plain of Esdraelon.

W. Ewing

MARS' HILL

marz hil.

See AREOPAGUS.

Greek

697. Areios Pagos -- "the Hill of Ares," Areopagus, a hill in ...
Areios Pagos. 696, 697. Areios Pagos. 698 . "the Hill of Ares," Areopagus,
a hill in Athens. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Areios Pagos ...
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1015. bounos -- a hill
... a hill. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: bounos Phonetic Spelling:
(boo-nos') Short Definition: a hillock, hill Definition: a hillock, hill. ...
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3714. oreinos -- mountainous, the hill country
... mountainous, the hill country. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: oreinos
Phonetic Spelling: (or-i-nos) Short Definition: mountainous, hilly Definition ...
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1115. Golgotha -- Golgotha, a hill near Jer.
... 1114, 1115. Golgotha. 1116 . Golgotha, a hill near Jer. ... Word Origin of Hebrew
origin Definition Golgotha, a hill near Jer. NASB Word Usage Golgotha (3). ...
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3735. oros -- a mountain
... a mountain. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: oros Phonetic Spelling:
(or'-os) Short Definition: a mountain Definition: a mountain, hill. ...
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4622. Sion -- Zion, a mountain of Jer. or the city of Jer.
... Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Sion Phonetic Spelling:
(see-own') Short Definition: Zion Definition: Zion, the hill; used for ...
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2874. kopria -- a dunghill
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kopria Phonetic Spelling:
(kop-ree'-ah) Short Definition: manure Definition: manure; a dung-hill. ...
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698. Areopagites -- a judge of the court of Areopagus
... Areopagite. From Areios Pagos; an Areopagite or member of the court held on Mars'
Hill -- Areopagite. see GREEK Areios Pagos. (areopagites) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2022. har -- mountain, hill, hill country
... 2021, 2022. har. 2023 . mountain, hill, hill country. Transliteration:
har Phonetic Spelling: (har) Short Definition: mountains. ...
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1389. gibah -- a hill
... 1388, 1389. gibah. 1390 . a hill. Transliteration: gibah Phonetic Spelling:
(ghib-aw') Short Definition: hills. Word Origin fem. ... hill, little hill. ...
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1390. Gibah -- "hill," three cities in Palestine
... 1389, 1390. Gibah. 1391 . "hill," three cities in Palestine. Transliteration:
Gibah Phonetic Spelling: (ghib-aw') Short Definition: Gibeah. ... Gibeah, the hill ...
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6076a. ophel -- a mound, hill
... ophel. 6076b . a mound, hill. Transliteration: ophel Short Definition: hill. Word
Origin from aphal Definition a mound, hill NASB Word Usage hill (3). ...
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2042. harar -- hill, mountain
... harar. 2043 . hill, mountain. Transliteration: harar Phonetic Spelling: (haw-rawr')
Short Definition: hill. Word Origin the same as har, qv. hill, mountain ...
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1619. Gareb -- one of David's heroes, also a hill near Jer.
... Gareb. 1620 . one of David's heroes, also a hill near Jer. ... Word Origin from the
same as garab Definition one of David's heroes, also a hill near Jer. ...
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2444. Chakilah -- "dark," a hill in S. Judah
... 2443, 2444. Chakilah. 2445 . "dark," a hill in S. Judah. Transliteration: Chakilah
Phonetic Spelling: (khak-ee-law') Short Definition: Hachilah. ...
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4176. Moreh -- a place near Shechem, also a hill of unc. location
... 4175b, 4176. Moreh or Moreh. 4177 . a place near Shechem, also a hill of unc. ...
Word Origin from yarah Definition a place near Shechem, also a hill of unc. ...
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8556b. Timnath Serech -- "territory of the sun," a village in the ...
... Timnath Serech. 8557 . "territory of the sun," a village in the hill country of
Ephraim. Transliteration: Timnath Serech Short Definition: Timnath-serah. ...
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6024. Anab -- "grape," a place in the hill country of Judah
... 6023, 6024. Anab. 6025 . "grape," a place in the hill country of Judah.
Transliteration: Anab Phonetic Spelling: (an-awb') Short Definition: Anab. ...
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Library

On the Alban Hill, it was not Allowed in Ancient Times to ...
... Book II. 68 On the Alban hill, it was not allowed in ancient times to
sacrifice any but? On the Alban hill, it was not allowed ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/68 on the alban hill.htm

February the Eleventh the Hill Country of the Soul
... FEBRUARY The Eleventh THE HILL COUNTRY OF THE SOUL. ... There should be a hill country
in every life, some great up-towering peaks which dominate the common plain. ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/february the eleventh the hill.htm

Removal to Stamford-Hill, and Commencement of the Fifth ...
... CHAPTER XVI. REMOVAL TO STAMFORD-HILL, AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIFTH CONTINENTAL
JOURNEY. ... They removed to Stamford Hill on the 2nd of the Twelfth Month, 1845. ...
/.../chapter xvi removal to stamford-hill.htm

They Brought Him to the Hill of Death
... CHRISTMAS They brought Him to the hill of death. 8,6,8,6,8,8. I. They brought
Him to the hill of death. Where ruthless felons died,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/they brought him to the.htm

Notting Hill. CM
... 393 Notting Hill. CM. Communion in Prayer. (777) Talk with us, Lord, thyself
reveal, While here o'er earth we rove; Speak to our ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/393 notting hill c m.htm

There is a Green Hill Far Away
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Holy Week 159. There is a green hill far away. CM ... Cecil Frances
Alexander, 1848. There is a green hill far away,. Without a city wall,. ...
/.../holy week 159 there is.htm

Lady Ann Erskine and Rowland Hill.
... Lady Ann Erskine and Rowland Hill. There is a very good story told of Rowland
Hill and Lady Ann Erskine. You have seen it, perhaps ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/lady ann erskine and rowland.htm

Of what John Learned from Jesus when Mary visited Elisabeth in the ...
... Sixth Book. 30. Of What John Learned from Jesus When Mary Visited Elisabeth
in the Hill Country. "The next day John seeth Jesus ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/30 of what john learned.htm

He Moves to Mt. Byrd. Debate with JW Fitch. Preaches at Madison ...
... Protracted Meetings at Columbia, Burksville, Thompson's Church, Dover, Germantown,
Pleasant Hill, Burksville again, Beech Grove, Dover again. He Moves to Mt. ...
/.../chapter xiv he moves to.htm

School Life 365. O Thou Whose Feet have Climbed Life's Hill
... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES School Life 365. O Thou whose feet have climbed life's
hill. CM ... Louis F. Benson, 1894. O Thou whose feet have climbed life's hill,. ...
/.../school life 365 o thou.htm

Thesaurus

Dung-hill (3 Occurrences)
Dung-hill. Dunghill, Dung-hill. Dunghills . Easton's Bible Dictionary
To ... Multi-Version Concordance Dung-hill (3 Occurrences). 1 ...
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Mars-hill (1 Occurrence)
Mars-hill. Marshes, Mars-hill. Marshy . Multi-Version Concordance
Mars-hill (1 Occurrence). Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood ...
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Hill-top (3 Occurrences)
Hill-top. Hilltop, Hill-top. Hilltops . Multi-Version Concordance
Hill-top (3 Occurrences). Matthew 5:14 *You* are the ...
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Hill-slopes (2 Occurrences)
Hill-slopes. Hillsides, Hill-slopes. Hilltop . Multi-Version
Concordance Hill-slopes (2 Occurrences). Joshua 10:40 And ...
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Moreh (3 Occurrences)
... Moreh, the Hill of. Probably identical with "little Hermon," the modern Jebel
ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs of this mountain. ... MOREH, HILL OF. ...
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Hill-side (3 Occurrences)
Hill-side. Hillside, Hill-side. Hillsides . Multi-Version Concordance
Hill-side (3 Occurrences). Luke 8:32 Now there ...
/h/hill-side.htm - 7k

Amalekites (36 Occurrences)
... ("Hill-country ... Exodus 17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with
Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. (See NIV). ...
/a/amalekites.htm - 18k

Areopagus (3 Occurrences)
... The Latin form of the Greek word rendered "Mars' hill." But it denotes also the
council or court of justice which met in the open air on the hill. ...
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Abinadab (12 Occurrences)
... of Kiriath-jearim placed the ark, after its return from the land of the Philistines,
his house being either in Gibeah of Benjamin or "in the hill" (1 Samuel 7 ...
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Mountain (298 Occurrences)
... rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock
forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount. ...
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Resources

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Hill (217 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:1
Seeing the multitude of people, Jesus went up the Hill. There He seated Himself, and when His disciples came to Him,
(WEY)

Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 8:1
Upon descending from the hill country He was followed by immense crowds.
(WEY)

Matthew 14:23
When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. Night came on, and he was there alone.
(WEY)

Matthew 15:29
Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
(WEY)

Matthew 28:16
As for the eleven disciples, they proceeded into Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them.
(WEY)

Mark 3:13
Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him.
(WEY)

Mark 6:46
He then bade the people farewell, and went away up the hill to pray.
(WEY)

Luke 1:39
Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 1:65
Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 3:5
Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:29
They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:12
About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.
(WEY)

Luke 9:37
And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him.
(KJV WBS)

Luke 19:29
It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
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Luke 21:37
Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
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John 6:3
Then Jesus went up the hill, and sat there with His disciples.
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John 6:15
Perceiving, however, that they were about to come and carry Him off by force to make Him a king, Jesus withdrew again up the hill alone by Himself.
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Acts 1:12
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
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Acts 17:19
And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?
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Acts 17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Genesis 10:30
Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
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Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
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Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.
(Root in WEB NAS NIV)

Genesis 31:21
So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.
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Genesis 31:23
And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
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Genesis 31:25
Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.
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Genesis 31:54
Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
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Genesis 36:8
Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
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Genesis 36:9
This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
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Exodus 17:9
Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
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Exodus 17:10
So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
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Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Numbers 13:17
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill country:
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Numbers 13:29
Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan."
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Numbers 14:40
And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 14:44
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
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Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
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Numbers 23:3
Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
(BBE DBY NAS)

Deuteronomy 1:7
turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
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Deuteronomy 1:19
We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 1:20
I said to you, "You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us.
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Deuteronomy 1:24
and they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
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Deuteronomy 1:41
Then you answered and said to me, "We have sinned against Yahweh, we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us." You girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill country.
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Deuteronomy 1:43
So I spoke to you, and you didn't listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.
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Deuteronomy 1:44
The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
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Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.
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Deuteronomy 2:5
don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
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Deuteronomy 2:37
only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn't come near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
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Deuteronomy 3:12
This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
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Deuteronomy 3:25
Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
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Joshua 2:16
And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 2:22
And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 2:23
Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.
(BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 5:3
Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
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Joshua 9:1
It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it
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Joshua 10:6
The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, "Don't abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us."
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Joshua 10:40
So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
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Joshua 11:2
and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
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Joshua 11:3
to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
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Joshua 11:13
As for the towns made on hills of earth, not one was burned by Israel but Hazor, which was burned by Joshua.
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Joshua 11:16
So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
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Joshua 11:21
Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
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Joshua 12:8
in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
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Joshua 12:23
The king of Dor on the hill of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
(BBE)

Joshua 13:6
all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allocate it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
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Joshua 13:19
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar in the mount of the valley,
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Joshua 14:12
Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke."
(WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 15:8
and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it 'is' Jerusalem), and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill-country which 'is' on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which 'is' in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward;
(YLT NIV)

Joshua 15:9
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
(KJV WBS YLT NIV)

Joshua 15:11
and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
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Joshua 15:48
In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
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Joshua 16:1
The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
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Joshua 17:15
Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."
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Joshua 17:16
The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."
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Joshua 17:18
but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it's farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."
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Joshua 18:12
Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
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Joshua 18:13
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 18:14
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 18:16
and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which 'is' on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which 'is' in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down 'to' En-Rogel,
(YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 19:50
According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.
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Joshua 20:7
They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
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Joshua 21:11
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
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Joshua 21:21
They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
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Joshua 24:4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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Joshua 24:30
They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Joshua 24:33
Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 1:9
Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
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Judges 1:19
Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
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Judges 1:34
The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; of Abednego.
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Judges 2:9
They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Judges 3:27
It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
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Judges 4:5
She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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Judges 7:24
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!" So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
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Judges 10:1
After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 12:15
Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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Judges 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
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Judges 17:1
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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Judges 17:8
The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
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Subtopics

Hill

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Western (19 Occurrences)

Mountain (298 Occurrences)

Lowland (34 Occurrences)

Anakim (10 Occurrences)

E'phraim (146 Occurrences)

Kiriath (34 Occurrences)

Kiriath-arba (9 Occurrences)

Kir'iath-ar'ba (9 Occurrences)