Strong’s H2022 · Hebrew

הַר
har
har

Definition

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Etymology

a shortened form of H2042 (הָרָר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • hill (country)
  • mount(-ain)
  • promotion

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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