Mount definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MOUNT, n. [L. mons, literally a heap or an elevation.] 1 ... rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land. Mount is used for an eminence or elevation of earth, indefinite ... be a hillock, hill or mountain. We apply it to Mount Blanc, in Switzerland, to Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke, in Massachusetts, and it is applied in Scripture ...
Olives, Mount of definitions Merriam Webster's or Olivet geographical name mountain ... in Judaism for centuries. The peak generally regarded as the Mount of Olives is 2,652 ft (808 m) high. Nearby ... 14:4), ma`aleh ha-zethim, "the ascent of the mount of Olives" (2Sa 15:30, the King James Version "the ascent of (mount) Olivet"); to oros ton elaion, "the Mount of Olives" (Mt 21:1; 24:3; 26:30; Mr ... 39; Joh 8:1), to oros to kaloumenon elaion, "the mount that is called Olivet" (Lu 19:29; 21:37; ...
Sermon on the Mount definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the first ... there he sat down and delivered the "sermon on the mount" (Matt. 5-7; Luke 6:20-49) to the assembled ... west, not far from Capernaum. It was afterwards called the "Mount of Beatitudes." International Standard Bible Encyclopedia sur'-num, I. PARALLEL ... 7:15-27) VII. PRINCIPLES LITERATURE The Sermon on the Mount is the title commonly given to the collection of sayings ... with the principles of the kingdom. The Sermon on the Mount belongs to this later type of teaching and fits naturally ... dating from the time of the Crusades that identifies the mount of the Sermon with Karn Chattin], a two-peaked ...
mount of piety definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mont de pi ... e]`t['e]" [F., fr. It. monte di piet[`a] mount of piety.] One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated ... rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries ... Spain and France. See Lombard-house. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mount Mount (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr. L. ...
To mount guard definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mount Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden. 2. To place one's ... 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 ...
Olves, Mount of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary so called from the ... now bears the name of Jebel et-Tur, i.e., "Mount of the Summit;" also sometimes called Jebel ez-Zeitun, i.e., "Mount of Olives." It is about 200 feet above the level ... from Jerusalem to Bethany runs as of old over this mount. It was on this mount that Jesus stood when he wept over Jerusalem. "No name ... so sacred and so pleasing as that of Olivet. The 'mount' is so intimately connected with the private, the devotional ...
To mount a play definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mount Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden. 2. To place one's ... 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 ...
HILL; MOUNT; MOUNTAIN definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1. Names: (1) The ... is har (also harar, and herer), which is rendered "hill," "mount" or "mountain." It occurs several hundreds of times. In a ... holy hill of Zion": 98:8, "hills sing for joy." "Mount" is changed "hill-country" in De 1:7, "hill-country ... Ge 3:21, "mountain of Gilead"; and Jud 7:3, "Mount Gilead." "Hill" or "hills" is changed to "hill-country" in ... occurs often in the New Testament, and is usually translated "mount" or "mountain." In three places (Mt 5:14; Lu 4 ... Isa 29:3), is translated in the King James Version "mount" in the English Revised Version "fort," in the American ...
mount up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see mount 3
CORRUPTION, MOUNT OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (har ha-mashchith; to ... 23:13). The mountain referred to is no doubt the Mount of Olives. The high places would, therefore, be on the southern height called in later Christian writings the "Mount of Offence," and now, by the Arabs, Baten el-Hawa ... mashchith is probably only a perversion of har ha-mishchah, "Mount of Anointing," a later name of the Mount of Olives. W. Ewing
HALAK, MOUNT definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ha'-lak (ha-har he ... 11:17; 12:7). It is spoken of as the "mount Halak (literally, "the bare" or "smooth mountain") that goeth up ... landscape viewed from all sides, and may well be the mount here referred to. See also HOR, MOUNT. W. Ewing
Congregation, mount of the definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary (Isa. 14:13 ... people (Ex. 25:22; 29:42, 43) i.e., the mount of the Divine presence, Mount Zion. But here the king of Babylon must be taken ... notions, and not according to those of the Jews. The "mount of the congregation" will therefore in this case mean the ...
Rapid-fire mount definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rapid-fire mount Rapid-fire mount (Ordnance) A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of ...
Mount of corruption definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary (2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so called because idol temples were there erected ... of Moab and Ammon. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia See OLIVES, MOUNT OF.
TRANSFIGURATION, MOUNT OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia trans-fig-u-ra'-shun (referred to as the "holy mount" in 2Pe 1:18): Records of the Transfiguration are found ... quite evident that the tradition placing the scene on the Mount of Olives must be dismissed. Another tradition, dating from the ... identifies the mountain with Tabor. In the article on TABOR, MOUNT, reasons are stated for rejecting this tradition. It was indeed ...