Strong's Lexicon

G3735

G3735 — ὄρος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekorosnounOccurrences: 63

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3735
Word:ὄρος
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:probably from an obsolete oro "to rise or rear up" (perhaps akin to G142)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:63
Transliteration:oros
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:or'-os
Meaning:1. a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain)
KJV Renderings:hill, mount(-ain)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὄρος, ὄρους, τό (ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι (i. e. a rising; see orthroi])) (from Homer down), the Sept. for äÇø, a mountain: Mat 5:14; Luk 3:5; Rev 6:14, and often; τό ὄρος, the mountain nearest the place spoken of, the mountain near by (but see , II. 1 b.), Mat 5:1; Mar 3:13; Luk 9:28; Joh 6:3; Joh 6:15; plural ὄρη, Mat 18:12; Mat 24:16; Mar 5:5; Rev 6:16, etc.; genitive plural ὀρέων (on this uncontracted form, used also in Attic, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 49 note 3; Winers Grammar, § 9, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 14 (13); Dindorf in Fleckeisen’s Jahrb. for 1869, p. 83)), Rev 6:15; ὄρη μεθιστάνειν a proverb. phrase, used also by rabbinical writings, to remove mountains, i. e. to accomplish most difficult, stupendous, incredible things: 1Co 13:2, cf. Mat 17:20; Mat 21:21; Mar 11:23.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ὄρος (hill)

Matthew 4:8

KJV: Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them
GK: πάλιν παραλαμβάνει αυτόν ο διάβολος εις όρος υψηλόν λίαν και δείκνυσιν αυτώ πάσας τας βασιλείας του κόσμου και την δόξαν αυτών

Matthew 5:1

KJV: And seeing the multitudes he went up into a mountain and when he was set his disciples came unto him
GK: ιδών δε τους όχλους ανέβη εις το όρος και καθίσαντος αυτού προσήλθον αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού

Matthew 5:14

KJV: Ye are the light of the world A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid
GK: υμείς εστέ το φως του κόσμου ου δύναται πόλις κρυβήναι επάνω όρους κειμένη

Matthew 8:1

KJV: When he was come down from the mountain great multitudes followed him
GK: καταβάντι δε αυτώ από του όρους ηκολούθησαν αυτώ όχλοι πολλοί

Matthew 14:23

KJV: And when he had sent the multitudes away he went up into a mountain apart to pray and when the evening was come he was there alone
GK: και απολύσας τους όχλους ανέβη εις το όρος κατ΄ ιδίαν προσεύξασθαι οψίας δε γενομένης μόνος ην εκεί

Matthew 15:29

KJV: And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee and went up into a mountain and sat down there
GK: και μεταβάς εκείθεν ο Ιησούς ήλθε παρά την θάλασσαν της Γαλιλαίας και αναβάς εις το όρος εκάθητο εκεί

Matthew 17:1

KJV: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter James and John his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart
GK: και μεθ΄ ημέρας εξ παραλαμβάνει ο Ιησούς τον Πέτρον και Ιάκωβον και Ιωάννην τον αδελφόν αυτού και αναφέρει αυτούς εις όρος υψηλόν κατ΄ ιδίαν

Matthew 17:9

KJV: And as they came down from the mountain Jesus charged them saying Tell the vision to no man until the Son of man be risen again from the dead
GK: και καταβαινόντων αυτών από του όρους ενετείλατο αυτοίς ο Ιησούς λέγων μηδενί είπητε το όραμα εώς ου ο υιός του ανθρώπου εκ νεκρών αναστή

Matthew 17:20

KJV: And Jesus said unto them Because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you
GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς διά την απιστίαν υμών αμήν γαρ λέγω υμίν εάν έχητε πίστιν ως κόκκον σινάπεως ερείτε τω όρει τούτω μετάβηθι εντεύθεν εκεί και μεταβήσεται και ουδέν αδυνατήσει υμίν
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