Vocabulary Form
ὄρος, ὄρους, τό
Definition

mountain, hill

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ὀρο
Frequency
63
GK
4001
Cognates

Orology and orography both mean the study of mountains.

Mnemonic Singing

I sing the mighty power of God
that made the mountains rise.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Mark 13:14 “When you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ standing where he should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains (orē | ὄρη | acc pl neut).
Mark 14:26 Then after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) of Olives.
Luke 3:5 Every ravine will be filled in and every mountain (oros | ὄρος | nom sg neut) and hill will be leveled off; the crooked places will become straight and the rough places will become smooth roads.
Luke 4:29 They rose up, drove him out of the town, and took him to a cliff of the hill (orous | ὄρους | gen sg neut) on which their town was built, so that they could cast him down.
Luke 6:12 It happened in those days that Jesus went out to the mountain (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.
Luke 8:32 A large herd of pigs was grazing there on the hillside (orei | ὄρει | dat sg neut); and the demons begged Jesus to permit them to go into them, and he gave them permission.
Luke 9:28 About eight days after these sayings, it happened that he went up on the mountain (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) to pray, taking along Peter and John and James.
Luke 9:37 Now on the next day, it so happened that when they had come down from the mountain (orous | ὄρους | gen sg neut), a large crowd met him.
Luke 19:29 It happened that as he came near Bethphage and Bethany to the hill (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) called “The Mount of Olives,” he sent two of his disciples,
Luke 19:37 As he was already approaching to the descent of the Mount (orous | ὄρους | gen sg neut) of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
Luke 21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains (orē | ὄρη | acc pl neut), and those in the midst of the city must evacuate, and those in the country must not enter it,
Luke 21:37 During the day he was in the temple teaching, but at night he went out and stayed on the hill (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) called “The Mount of Olives.”
Luke 22:39 Then Jesus went out and made his way, as was his custom, to the Mount (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) of Olives; and the disciples followed him.
Luke 23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains (oresin | ὄρεσιν | dat pl neut), ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain (orei | ὄρει | dat sg neut), but you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem.”
John 4:21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain (orei | ὄρει | dat sg neut) nor in Jerusalem.
John 6:3 Jesus went up on the mountainside (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut), and he sat down there with his disciples.
John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up the mountainside (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) alone.
John 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount (oros | ὄρος | acc sg neut) of Olives.
Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from a hill (orous | ὄρους | gen sg neut) called “The Mount of Olives,” which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s walk away.
Acts 7:30 “Now when forty years had passed, there appeared to him in the desert near Mount (orous | ὄρους | gen sg neut) Sinai an angel in the flame of a burning bush.
Acts 7:38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount (orei | ὄρει | dat sg neut) Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us.
1 Corinthians 13:2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains (orē | ὄρη | acc pl neut), but do not have love, I am nothing.
Galatians 4:24 This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount (orous | ὄρους | gen sg neut) Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is Hagar.
Galatians 4:25 Now Hagar represents Mount (oros | ὄρος | nom sg neut) Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.