22 occurrences

'Hill country' in the Bible

It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it

Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaBeyond JordanGentile RulersThe Shephelah

The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, "Don't abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us."

Verse ConceptsGroups Helping

So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfAnnihilationExterminationGentile RulersThe Shephelah

and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

Verse ConceptsWestern BordersGentile RulersThe Shephelah

to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsEast And West

So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

Verse ConceptsThe Shephelah

Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

Verse ConceptsHillsTribes Of IsraelAnnihilationGiants

in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

Verse ConceptsHillsThe Shephelah

all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allocate it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke."

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityHelpfulnessLand, As A Divine GiftLargenessCourage, Examples OfGiantsGod Will Be With YouGradual Conquest Of The Landreinforcement

In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."

Verse ConceptsSmallnessGiants

The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsValleysIron ObjectsShortage Other Than Food

but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it's farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."

Verse ConceptsIron Objectsreinforcement

Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, Specificborders

According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.

Verse ConceptsTownRebuilding Named Cities

They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

Verse ConceptsHills

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurying places

Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

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הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

ἀποδημέω 
Apodemeo 
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πατρίς 
Patris 
Usage: 4

περίχωρος 
Perichoros 
Usage: 10

גּבעה 
Gib`ah 
Usage: 69

הרר 
Harar 
Usage: 13

מעלה 
Ma`aleh 
Usage: 19

קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

ἌρειοςΠάγος 
Areios Pagos 
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βουνός 
Bounos 
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ὀρεινός 
Oreinos 
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ὄρος 
Oros 
Usage: 55

אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

אזרח 
'ezrach 
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אי 
'iy 
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ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

גּלילה 
G@liylah 
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חבל חבל 
Chebel 
Usage: 62

כּכר 
Kikkar 
Usage: 68

מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

נגב 
Negeb 
Usage: 112

פּרוזי פּרזיo 
P@raziy 
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שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

שׁפלה 
Sh@phelah 
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ἀγρός 
Agros 
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βασιλικός 
Basilikos 
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γῆ 
Ge 
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συμφυλέτης 
Sumphuletes 
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χώρα 
Chora 
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