ὄρος oros

Greek word for “mountain” · Strong’s G3735 · used 63 times in 63 verses

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Meaning

ὄρος, -ους, τό; a mountain: 17:1, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for oros in context, with how often each is used:

• mountain 30
• mount 18
• mountains 12
• hill 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 17 (3), Revelation 6 (3), Matthew 5 (2), Matthew 21 (2), Matthew 24 (2), Mark 5 (2), Mark 9 (2), Mark 11 (2), Mark 13 (2), Luke 9 (2)

Forms

• ὄρος 28
• ὄρους 12
• ὄρει 11
• ὄρη 7
• ὄρεσιν 4
• ὀρέων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with oros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐλαιών elaiōn “Olivet” 12
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 9
• Σινᾶ Sina “(Mount) Sinai” 4
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 6
• ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 6
• ὑψηλός hupsēlos “high” 4
• Βηθφαγή Bēthphagē “Bethphage” 3
• τότε tote “then” 6
• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 5
• φεύγω pheugō “to flee” 4
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 7
• ἴδιος idios “one's own/private” 5

Key verses

The verses using oros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:3 — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy…
• Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let…
• Luke 19:37 — And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud…
• John 4:21 — Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
• Acts 7:30 — And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
• Acts 7:38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles…
• 1 Corinthians 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and…
• Hebrews 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid…
• Revelation 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
• Revelation 14:1 — And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
• Revelation 21:10 — And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.