Strong G3714ὀρεινός
hilly
- Transliteration
- oreinos
- Pronunciation
- or-i-nos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ὀρεινός (WH, ὀριν-; see MM, xviii,) -ή, -όν
(ὄρος),
mountainous, hilly; ἡ ὀ. (sc. χώρα), the hill-country (LXX for הַר): Luk.1:39, 65 †
(AS)
(ὄρος),
mountainous, hilly; ἡ ὀ. (sc. χώρα), the hill-country (LXX for הַר): Luk.1:39, 65 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3714 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- country2
First verses
- Luke 1:39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
- Luke 1:65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀρεινός, ή, όν,
(ὄρος) mountainous, hilly, χώρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110, compare 2.34)]; opposed to πεδινός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43)]; opposed to πεδιάς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.3.4; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351a3; ἡ ὀρεινή)]hill-country, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 556a4, +others)]
II of or from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains, οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.11)]; of birds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b19)]; of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.3)]; τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀ. his wild and mountain nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 394e: _metaphorically_, ὀ. ἱμάτιον, ={ἄκναπτον}, “Comica Adespota” 328.)]
III in Egypt, belonging to the edge of the desert, especially as epithet of canals, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 160, +others (2nd c.BC).)]
(ὄρος) mountainous, hilly, χώρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110, compare 2.34)]; opposed to πεδινός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43)]; opposed to πεδιάς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.3.4; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 351a3; ἡ ὀρεινή)]hill-country, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 556a4, +others)]
II of or from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains, οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.11)]; of birds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b19)]; of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.3)]; τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀ. his wild and mountain nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 394e: _metaphorically_, ὀ. ἱμάτιον, ={ἄκναπτον}, “Comica Adespota” 328.)]
III in Egypt, belonging to the edge of the desert, especially as epithet of canals, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 160, +others (2nd c.BC).)]