(mountainous) desert

-ους ⁺ τό N 3 160-177-181-87-75=680 Gn 7,19.20; 8,4.5; 10,30

mountain, hill Gn 7,19; mountainous region Am 3,9; (mountainous) desert Jos 8,24

φάραγξ ὀρέων a deep ravine or glen surrounded by mountains Zech 14,5; τὸ ὄρος τοῦ οἴκου the temple mount Jer 33(26),18

*Gn 49,26 ὀρέων of the mountains-הררי for MT הורי of my progenitors?; *Lv 19,26 ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων on the mountains-על־הרים for MT דם/על־ה with (its) blood; *Nm 33,32 τὸ ὄρος the mountain-ַהר for MT חֹר Hor (toponym), see also 33,33; *1 Kgs 16,24 τοῦ ὄρους the mountain-ההר for MT העיר the city; *Is 31,4 τὰ ὄρη the mountains-ההרים for MT רעים shepherds; *Is 45,2 καὶ ὄρη and mountains-והררים (1QIs^a) for MT והדורים and swellings?; *Ez 48,10 τὸ ὄρος the mountain-ההר for MT היה was; *Am 4,3 τὸ ὄρος τὸ Ρεμμαν the mountain Remman-רמן ההר for MT ההרמונה into Harmon; *Ob 19 τὸ ὄρος the mountain-ההר for דהשׂ the field; *Mi 2,9 ὄρεσιν mountains-הררי for MT הדרי my glory; *Zech 1,8 τῶν ὀρέων the hills-ההרים? or-

ההררים? for MT ההדסים the myrtle trees, see also 1,10.11; *Ps 74(75),7 ἀπὸ ὀρέων from the mountains-

הר for MT רום lifting up?, see also Dn^LXX 8,11

Cf. CADELL 1967, 343-349; DORIVAL 1994 143.435.550; SHIPP 1979 167.228-231.424; SPICQ 1978a, 632-634; →MM; NIDNTT; PREISIGKE; TWNT

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `mountain, height'; also (in Egypt) `desert' in contrast to cultivated plain (Il.).

Other forms: w. metr. length. οὔρ-εος, - εα etc. (ep.), also ὤρ-εος, - εα (Theoc.); Megar. ὄρρος and Chalcid. (RPh. 71, 1997, 170)

Compounds: As 1. member 1. w. unenlarged stem a.o. in ὀρεσκῳ̃ος (s. v.); 2. themat. enlarged e.g. in ὀρεο-σέλινον n. `mountain-parsley' (Thphr.; Risch IF 59, 257, Strömberg Pflanzn. 33 a. 116); 3. often in dat. sg. (= loc.), e.g. ὀρει-δρόμος `roming in the mountains' (Pi., E., Nonn.), after thir a.o. ὀρεί-χαλκος m. `mountain ore, brass (h. Hom. 6, 9, Hes. Sc. 122; Risch 59, 27; on the meaning Michell ClassRev. 69, 21 f.), Lat. LW [loanword] orichalcum, folketym. auri-; also ὠρό-χαλκος (Peripl. M. Rubr., PGiss. 47, 6; - ο- in comp.boundary, ὠ- = Lat. au-?); 4. in dat. pl., e.g. ὀρεσί-τροφος `grown up in the mountains' (Hom.).

Derivatives: 1. ὀρέσ-τερος `living in the mountains, to consist of mountains' (Χ 93; Chantraine Études 36 w. n.3 a. lit.); 2. ὄρειος (= *ὄρεσ-ιος), ep. lyr. οὔρ-, `mountainous' (h. Merc. 244), f. - ειάς (AP), as subst. `mountain-nymph' (Bion, Nonn.); 3. ὀρεινός (\< *ὀρεσ-νός) `id.' (IA.); 4. Όρέσ-της m. PN (Il.) with Όρεστ-άδης (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 184), ὀρέστ(ε)ιον n. = ἑλένιον (Dsc., Plin.; Strömberg Pflanzenn. 102); Όρέσ-ται m. pl. "highlander", name of an Epeirotic people (Th.); ὀρεστ-ιάδες νύμφαι (Ζ 420, h. Hom. 19, 19); metr. for *ὀρεστ-άδ- (Schwyzer 508); ὀρεστ-ίας m. `mountain wind' (Call.; like Όλυμπίας a.o., Chantraine Form. 95); 5. ὀρώδης `mountainous' (EM).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [326] * h₃er- `rise'

Etymology: Prop. prob. *"elevation" as verbal noun of ὄρνυμαι, ὀρέσθαι `rise etc.' (s.v. w. lit.); cf. Chantraine Form. 417, Schwyzer 512 and Porzig Satzinhalte 300 (so * h₃er-os). A further deriv. of this s-stems may be found in Skt. r̥ṣ-vá- `ricing up, high'; vgl. auch ὄρρος und ὀρσοθύρη.

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ὀρεινός, ή, όν, ([etym.] ὄρος)

A mountainous, hilly,

χώρη Hdt.1.110

, cf. 2.34 ; opp. πεδινός, X.Cyr.1.6.43 ; opp. πεδιάς, J.BJ3.3.4 ;

ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] Arist.Mete. 351a3

;

ἡ ὀρεινή

hill-country,

Id.HA 556a4

, al.

II of or from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains,

οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες Th.2.96

, X.An.7.4.11 ; of birds, Arist.HA 592b19 ; of plants, Thphr.HP6.8.3 ; τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀ. his wild and mountain nature, Pl.Cra. 394e : metaph., ὀ. ἱμάτιον, = ἄκναπτον, Com.Adesp. 328.

III in Egypt, belonging to the edge of the desert, esp. as epith. of canals, PTeb.61(b). 160, al. (ii B. C.).

ὄρος, ους, τό (Hom.+) pl. τὰ ὄρη; gen., uncontracted ὀρέων (as early as X., An. 1, 2, 21 [Kühner-Bl. I 432]; SIG 646, 18 [170 B.C.]; LXX [Thackeray 151; Helbing 41f]; EpArist 119. Joseph. prefers ὀρῶν.—Schweizer 153; B-D-F §48; Mlt-H. 139) Rv 6:15; 1 Cl; Hermas (Reinhold 52); a relatively high elevation of land that projects higher than a βοῦνος (‘a minor elevation, hill’), mountain, mount, hill (in Eng. diction what is considered a ‘mountain’ in one locality may be called a ‘hill’ by someone from an area with extremely high mountain ranges; similar flexibility prevails in the use of ὄρος, and the Eng. glosses merely suggest a comparative perspective; in comparison w. Mt. Everest [8848 meters] or Mount McKinley [6194 meters] any mountain in Palestine is a mere hill) w. βουνός Lk 3:5 (Is 40:4); 23:30 (Hos 10:8). W. πέτρα Rv 6:16; cp. vs. 15. W. πεδίον (SIG 888, 120f) Hs 8, 1, 1; 8, 3, 2. W. νῆσος Rv 6:14; 16:20. As the scene of outstanding events and as places of solitude (PTebt 383, 61 [46 A.D.] ὄρος denotes ‘desert’; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 40 Zoroaster withdraws fr. among men and lives ἐν ὄρει; Herm. Wr. 13 ins. Hermes teaches his son Tat ἐν ὄρει) mountains play a large part in the gospels and in the apocalypses: Jesus preaches and heals on ‘the’ mountain Mt 5:1 (HCarré, JBL 42, 1923, 39–48; Appian, Mithrid. 77 §334 understands τὸ ὄρος in ref. to the Bithynian Olympus, but without naming it.—On the Sermon on the Mount s. GHeinrici, Beiträge II 1899; III 1905; JMüller, D. Bergpredigt 1906; KProost, De Bergrede 1914; HWeinel, D. Bergpr. 1920; KBornhäuser, D. Bergpr. 1923, ²1927; PFiebig, Jesu Bergpr. 1924; GKittel D. Bergpr. u. d. Ethik d. Judentums: ZST 2, 1925, 555–94; ASteinmann, D. Bergpr. 1926; AAhlberg, Bergpredikans etik 1930; MMeinertz, Z. Ethik d. Bergpr.: JMausbach Festschr. ’31, 21–32; HHuber, D. Bergpredigt ’32; RSeeberg, Z. Ethik der Bergpr. ’34; JSchneider, D. Sinn d. Bergpr. ’36; ALindsay, The Moral Teaching of Jesus ’37; MDibelius, The Sermon on the Mount ’40; TSoiron, D. Bergpr. Jesu ’41; DAndrews, The Sermon on the Mount ’42; HPreisker, D. Ethos des Urchristentums² ’49; HWindisch, The Mng. of the Sermon on the Mount [tr. Gilmour] ’51; WManson, Jesus the Messiah ’52, 77–93; TManson, The Sayings of Jesus ’54; GBornkamm, Jesus v. Naz. ’56, 92–100, 201–4 [Eng. tr. by JRobinson et al. ’60, 100–109, 221–25]; JJeremias, Die Bergpredigt ’59; JDupont, Les Béatitudes, I, rev. ed. ’58; II, ’69; W Davies, The Setting of the Sermon on the Mount, ’64; JManek, NovT 9, ’67, 124–31; HDBetz, The Sermon on the Mt [Hermeneia] ’95.—On the site of the Sermon, CKopp, The Holy Places of the Gosp., ’63, 204–13); 8:1; 15:29; calls the twelve Mk 3:13; performs oustanding miracles J 6:3; prays Mt 14:23; Mk 6:46; Lk 6:12; 9:28; ApcPt 2:4. On an ὄρος ὑψηλόν (Lucian, Charon 2) he is transfigured Mt 17:1; Mk 9:2 and tempted Mt 4:8; the risen Christ shows himself on a mountain (cp. Herm. Wr. 13, 1) Mt 28:16. Jesus is taken away by the Holy Spirit εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ μέγα τὸ Θαβώρ GHb 20, 61 (cp. Iren. 1, 14, 6 [Harv. I 139, 8: gnostic speculation]); likew. the author of Rv ἐπὶ ὄρος μέγα κ. ὑψηλόν Rv 21:10. From the top of one mountain the angel of repentance shows Hermas twelve other mountains Hs 9, 1, 4; 7ff. On the use of mt. in apocalyptic lang. s. also Rv 8:8; 17:9 (ἑπτὰ ὄρ. as En 24:2. Cp. JohJeremias, D. Gottesberg 1919; RFrieling, D. hl. Berg im A u. NT 1930). GJs 22:3 ὄρ. θεοῦ, where follows ἐδιχάσθη τὸ ὄρ. and ἦν τὸ ὄρ. ἐκεῖνο διαφαῖνον αὐτῇ φῶς the mt. split and that mt. was a bright light for her. On theophanies and mountain motif s. JReeves, Heralds of That Good Realm ’96, 148f.—Of the mt. to which Abraham brought his son, to sacrifice him there 1 Cl 10:7 (cp. Gen 22:2; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 7 Jac.). Esp. of Sinai (over a dozen sites have been proposed for it) τὸ ὄρος Σινά (LXX.—τὸ Σιναῖον ὄρ. Jos., Ant. 2, 283f) Ac 7:30, 38; Gal 4:24f; 11:3 (cp. Is 16:1); 14:2 (cp. Ex 31:18); 15:1; also without mention of the name: Hb 8:5 (Ex 25:40); 12:20 (cp. Ex 19:13); 1 Cl 53:2; 4:7. Of the hill of Zion (Σιών) Hb 12:22; Rv 14:1. τὸ ὄρ. τῶν ἐλαιῶν the Hill or Mount of Olives (s. ἐλαία 1; about 17 meters higher than Jerusalem) Mt 21:1; 26:30; Mk 14:26; Lk 19:37; 22:39; J 8:1 al. τὸ ὄρ. τὸ καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶν Lk 19:29; 21:37; Ac 1:12 (s. ἐλαιών). Of Mt. Gerizim, about 868 meters in height (without mention of the name) J 4:20f (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 10; 13, 74).—πόλις ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη a city located on an eminence or hill Mt 5:14 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 203 πόλις ἐπʼ ὄρους κειμένη). Also πόλις οἰκοδομημένη ἐπʼ ἄκρον ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ Ox 1 recto, 17 (GTh 32) (Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ἀστέριον says this city was so named ὅτι ἐφʼ ὑψηλοῦ ὄρους κειμένη τοῖς πόρρωθεν ὡς ἀστὴρ φαίνεται).—Pl. τὰ ὄρη hills, mountains, hilly or mountainous country (somet. the sing. also means hill-country [Diod S 20, 58, 2 an ὄρος ὑψηλὸν that extends for 200 stades, roughly 40 km.; Polyaenus 4, 2, 4 al. sing. = hill-country; Tob 5:6 S]) AcPl Ha 5, 18; as a place for pasture Mt 18:12.—Mk 5:11; Lk 8:32. As a remote place (s. above; also Dio Chrys. 4, 4) w. ἐρημίαι Hb 11:38. As a place for graves (cp. POxy 274, 27 [I A.D.]; PRyl 153, 5; PGrenf II, 77, 22: the grave-digger is to bring a corpse εἰς τὸ ὄρος for burial) Mk 5:5. Because of their isolation an ideal refuge for fugitives (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 30 §130 ἐς ὄρος ἔφυγεν=to the hill-country; 1 Macc 9:40) φεύγειν εἰς τὰ ὄρ. (Plut., Mor. 869b οἱ ἄνθρωποι καταφυγόντες εἰς τὰ ὄρη διεσώθησαν; Jos., Bell. 1, 36, Ant. 14, 418) Mt 24:16; Mk 13:14; Lk 21:21.—Proverbially ὄρη μεθιστάνειν remove mountains i.e. do something that seems impossible 1 Cor 13:2; cp. Mt 17:20; 21:21; Mk 11:23. Of God: μεθιστάνει τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὰ ὄρη καὶ τοὺς βουνοὺς καὶ τὰς θαλάσσας (God) is moving from their places the heavens and mountains and hills and seas Hv 1, 3, 4 (cp. Is 54:10 and a similar combination PGM 13, 874 αἱ πέτραι κ. τὰ ὄρη κ. ἡ θάλασσα κτλ.).—B. 23. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.