Hilly
ὀρεινόςStrong’s G3714oreinos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oreinos is the Greek word usually translated “hill country”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;”
Meaning
Usually translated “hill country”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hill country 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὀρεινός oreinos · hilly
ὀρεινός (WH, ὀριν-; see MM, xviii,) -ή, -όν (ὄρος), mountainous, hilly; ἡ ὀ. (sc. χώρα), the hill-country (LXX for הַר): Luk.1:39, 65 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hilly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HILL'Y, adjective
Abounding with hills; as a hilly country.
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.