Strong H1179בַּ֫עַל חֶרְמוֹן
(Mount) Baal-hermon
- Transliteration
- ba‛al chermôn
- Pronunciation
- bah'-al kher-mone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Baal-hermon or Baal-chermon = "lord of destruction"
Detailed definition
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the biblical story
Hermon Mount
Mountain on the northern border of Israel
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the Bible
Strong H1179 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hermon2
First verses
- Judges 3:3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
- 1 Chronicles 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.