Hill
βουνόςStrong’s G1015bounos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Bounos is the Greek word usually translated “hill” and “hills”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;”
Meaning
Usually translated “hill” and “hills”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hill 1
- hills 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
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Greek dictionary
βουνός bounos · hill
βουνός, -οῦ, ὁ (a Cyrenaїc word, Hdt., iv, 199), [in LXX chiefly for גִּבְעָה ;] a hill: Luk.3:5 (LXX) 23:30.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HILL, noun
[Latin collis.]
- A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence.
- A cluster of plants, and the earth raised about them; as a hill of maiz or potatoes.
All definitions and other forms of “hill”
HILL, verb transitive
To raise earth about plants; to raise a little mass of earth. Farmers in New England hill their maiz in July.
- To cover. [Latin celo.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.