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הַר
har · Hebrew · Strong's H2022 · 547 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “hill”
What it means
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
a shortened form of H2042 (הָרָר);
How the KJV renders it
hill, mount
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
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Where it appears
547 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 4:42 · HR/Ncmsc
Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
1 Chronicles 5:23 · HC/Ncmsc
The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
1 Chronicles 6:67 · HR/Ncmsc
They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
1 Chronicles 10:1 · HR/Ncmsc
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:8 · HR/Ncmsc
On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 12:8 · HTd/Ncmpa
Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains:
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.