noun · neuter
orem
Greekὄρος (oros)
Strong’sG3735
a mountain
stem or-63 times in the New Testamentin 10 of 27 books6 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὄρος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX chiefly, and very freq., for הַר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3735 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | orem4×ὄρος | oreim2×ὄρη |
| of, belonging to genitive | oreu12×ὄρους | oreiu1×ὀρέων |
| to, for dative | ore11×ὄρει | orei4×ὄρεσιν |
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ore is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
63 occurrences, every one of them listed
orem“mountain”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Luke 3:5“mountain”pantas faranxas plēriti kai pantem orem kai bounos tapeiniti, kai eti teim skolieim eis euthuan kai tais trachuais eis hodain leiain;Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
Galatians 4:25“mount”tem de Hagar Sina orem atō en ta Arabia, sustoichatō de ta nun Ierousalēm, douleuatō gar meta teiu tekneiu autau;Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Revelation 6:14“mountain”kai tos ouranos apochōrizita hōs bibliem helissirōtem, kai pantem orem kai nēsas ek toiu topoiu auteiu kinila.The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
Revelation 8:8“mountain”Kai tos deuteros angelos salpizata; kai hōs orem megem pure kaiirōtem ballita eis tan thalassan; kai gineta tem tritem tau thalassau haimem,Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
oreu“mount”of, belonging togenitive singular12×
Matthew 5:14“hill”Vis avō tem fōtem tou kosmou. ouk dunetō politas kruptira epanō oreu keierōtas;You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 8:1“mountain”Katabainaratou de autou apo teu oreu akolouthala auto ochlois pollois.When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
Matthew 17:9“mountain”Kai katabainarōtoiu autoiu ek teu oreu entelleta autoi tos Iēsus legarōtos; Mēdeno legaveia tem horamem heōs hou tos huios tou anthrōpou ek nekroiu egeiriteia.As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
Matthew 24:3“mount”Katherōtou de autou epi teu Oreu taiu Elaiaiu proserchala auto tois mathētois kata idian legarōtois; Legasar ni pote houteim eti, kai tinem tem sēmem tau sau parousiau kai sunteleiau tou aiōnou.While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
Mark 9:9“mountain”Kai katabainarōtoiu autoiu ek teu oreu diastelleta autoi hina mēdeno heim horala diēgeleia, ei mē hotan tos huios tou anthrōpou ek nekroiu anistanateia.As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Luke 4:29“hill”kai anistanaratois ekballala auton exō tau politau, kai agala auton heōs ofruau teu oreu epi heu tas politas oikodomitelē autoiu, hōste katakrēmnizara auton;They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
Luke 9:37“mountain”Gineta de ta hexēs hēmera katercharatoiu autoiu apo teu oreu sunantata auto ochlos pollos.The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
Luke 19:37“mount”engizarōtou de autou ēdē pros ta katabasia teu Oreu taiu Elaiaiu archela hapantem tem plēthem toiu mathētoiu chairarōtois ainarō ton theon fōna mega peri pantaiu haiu horala dunamiaiu,And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
Acts 1:12“mount”Tote hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm apo oreu teu kalirōteu Elaiōnou, hem atō engus Ierousalēm sabbateu echarōtem hodan.Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
Acts 7:30“mount”Kai plērirateiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floxa pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
Galatians 4:24“mount”hotineim atō allēgorirōteim; houtais gar alō duo diathēkais, henas men apo oreu Sina, eis douleian gennarōtas, hotinas atō Hagar,These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Hebrews 12:20“mountain”ouk ferale gar tem diastellirōtem; Kan thērem thinganateia teu oreu, lithoboliti;For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
ore“mountain”to, fordative singular11×
Matthew 17:20“mountain”tos de legatō autoi; Dia tan oligopistian vu; amēn gar legamō vi, ean echaveiō pistian hōs kokkon sinapieu, legavi te ore houte; Metabainasar enthen ekei, kai metabaineti, kai oudenem adunatati vi.“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 21:21“mountain”apokriniratos de tos Iēsus legata autoi; Amēn legamō vi, ean echaveiō pistian kai mē diakriniveia, ouk monem tem tau sukau poiavi, alla kan te ore houte legaveia; Airisar kai ballisar eis tan thalassan, gineti;“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
Mark 5:11“hillside”ate de ekei pros te ore agelas choiroiu megas boskirōtas;There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
Mark 11:23“mountain”amēn legamō vi hoti hos an legateia te ore houte; Airisar kai ballisar eis tan thalassan, kai mē diakriniteia en ta kardia autou alla pisteuateiō hoti hem lalatō ginetō, eti auto.“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.
Luke 8:32“hillside”Ate de ekei agelas choiroiu hikanoiu boskirōtas en te ore; kai parakalala auton hina epitrepateia autei eis ekeinoin eiserchara; kai epitrepata autei.There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
John 4:20“mountain”tois patērois nu en te ore houte proskunala; kai vis legavō hoti en Hierosolumei atō tos topos hopou proskunarō datō.Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
John 4:21“mountain”legatō auta tos Iēsus; Pisteuasōr mi, gunaikar, hoti erchetō hōras hote oute en te ore houte oute en Hierosolumei proskunavi to patēro.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Acts 7:38“mount”houtos atō tos gineratos en ta ekklēsa en ta erēma meta tou angelou tou lalarōtou auto en te ore Sina kai toiu patēroiu nu, hos decheta logieim zōarōteim dōara ni,He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
Hebrews 8:5“mountain”hotinois hupodeigme kai skia latreualō teiu epouraneiu, kathōs chrēmatizitē Mōusos mellarōtos epitelarō tan skēnan, Horasōr gar, fēatō, poiasi panteim kata ton tupon ton deiknuiraton si en te ore;The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Hebrews 12:22“mount”alla proserchavē Siōn ore kai polita theou zōarōtou, Ierousalēm epourana, kai muriadai angeloiu, panēguriaInstead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
2 Peter 1:18“mountain”kai houtan tan fōnan nis akouana ek ouranou feriratan sun auto arōtois en te hagie ore.And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
oreim“mountains”subject or objectdirect plural2×
Revelation 16:20“mountains”kai pantas nēsas feugata, kai oreim ouk heuriskila.Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
Revelation 17:9“mountains”Hōde tos nouos tos echarōtos sofian. tais hepta kefalais hepta oreim alō, hopou tas gunaikas kathetō epi auteiu. kai basilevois hepta alō;This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
oreiu“mountains”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 6:15“mountains”kai tois basilevois tau gēau kai tois megistanois kai tois chiliarchois kai tois plousiois kai tois ischurois kai pantos doulos kai eleutheros kruptala heautoin eis teim spēlaieim kai eis tain petrain teiu oreiu;Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
orei“mountains”to, fordative plural4×
Mark 5:5“mountains”kai dia pantou nuxau kai hēmerau en tei mnēmei kai en tei orei ate krazarōtos kai katakoptarōtos heauton lithoi.Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
Luke 23:30“mountains”tote archeli legarō tei orei; Piptavar epi nin, kai toi bounoi; Kaluptavar nin;At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
Hebrews 11:38“mountains”hoiu ouk ate axios tos kosmos epi erēmiai planirōtois kai orei kai spēlaiei kai tai opai tau gēau;The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Revelation 6:16“mountains”kai legalō tei orei kai tai petrai; Piptavar epi nin kai kruptavar nin apo prosōpeu tou katherōtou epi tou thronou kai apo tau orgau teu arnieu,And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
orem17×
Matthew 4:8“mountain”Palin paralambatō auton tos diabolos eis orem hupsēlem liōs, kai deiknuatō auto pantain tain basileiain tou kosmou kai tan doxan autaiuAgain, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Matthew 5:1“mountain”Horaratos de toin ochloin anabainata eis tem orem; kai kathizaratou autou proserchala auto tois mathētois autou;When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,
Matthew 14:23“mountain”kai apoluaratos toin ochloin anabainata eis tem orem kata idian proseuchera. opsēau de gineratau monos ate ekei.After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
Matthew 15:29“mountain”Kai metabainaratos ekeithen tos Iēsus erchata para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau, kai anabainaratos eis tem orem kathete ekei.Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
Matthew 17:1“mountain”Kai meta hēmerain hex paralambatō tos Iēsus ton Petron kai Iakōbon kai Iōannon ton adelfon autou, kai anaferatō autoin eis orem hupsēlem kata idian.After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Matthew 28:16“mountain”Tois de hendeka mathētois poreuila eis tan Galilaian eis tem orem hou tasseta autoi tos Iēsus,Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.
Mark 3:13“mountain”Kai anabainatō eis tem orem kai proskaletō hoin thelate autos, kai aperchala pros auton.Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
Mark 6:46“mountain”kai apotasseratos autoi aperchata eis tem orem proseuchera.After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
Mark 9:2“mountain”Kai meta hēmerain hex paralambatō tos Iēsus ton Petron kai ton Iakōbon kai Iōannon, kai anaferatō autoin eis orem hupsēlem kata idian monoin. kai metamorfita emprosthen autoiu,After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.
Luke 6:12“mountain”Gineta de en tai hēmerai houtai exerchara auton eis tem orem proseuchera, kai ate dianuktereuarōtos en ta proseucha tou theou.In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
Luke 9:28“mountain”Gineta de meta toin logoin houtoin hōsei hēmerais oktō kai paralambaratos Petron kai Iōannon kai Iakōbon anabainata eis tem orem proseuchera.About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
Luke 19:29“mount”Kai gineta hōs engizata eis Bēthfagē kai Bēthanian pros tem orem tem kalirōtem Elaiōnaiu, apostelata duo toiu mathētoiuAs He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
Luke 21:37“mount”Ate de tain hēmerain en te hiere didaskarōtos, tain de nuxain exercherōtos aulizete eis tem orem tem kalirōtem Elaiōnaiu;Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
John 6:3“mountain”anerchata de eis tem orem Iēsus, kai ekei kathete meta toiu mathētoiu autou.Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.
John 6:15“mountain”Iēsus oun gnōskaratos hoti mellalō ercherō kai harpazarō auton hina poialeia basilevon anachōrata palin eis tem orem autos monos.Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
Revelation 14:1“mount”Kai horama, kai idou tem arniem histanarētem epi tem orem Siōn, kai meta autou hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais echarōtais tem onomem autou kai tem onomem tou patērou autou grafirētem epi teiu metōpeiu autoiu.Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 21:10“mountain”kai apoferata min en pneume epi orem megem kai hupsēlem, kai deiknuata mi tan politan tan hagian Ierousalēm katabainarōtan ek tou ouranou apo tou theou,And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Orem7×
Matthew 21:1“mount”Kai hote engizala eis Hierosolumeim kai erchala eis Bēthfagē eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu, tote Iēsus apostelata duo mathētoinAs they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
Matthew 26:30“mount”kai humnaratois exerchala eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu.And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Mark 11:1“mount”Kai hote engizalō eis Hierosolumeim eis Bēthfagē kai Bēthanian pros tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu, apostelatō duo toiu mathētoiu autouAs they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples
Mark 13:3“mount”Kai katherōtou autou eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu katenanti teu hiereu eperōtate auton kata idian Petros kai Iakōbos kai Iōannos kai Andreos;While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,
Mark 14:26“mount”Kai humnaratois exerchala eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu.And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Luke 22:39“mount”Kai exercharatos poreuita kata tem ethem eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu; akolouthala de auto kai tois mathētois.Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
John 8:1“mount”Iēsus de poreuita eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu.But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
oreim5×
Matthew 18:12“mountains”tinem vi dokatō? ean gineteia tino anthrōpo hekaton probateim kai planiteia henem ek auteiu, ouchi afiēkati teim enenēkonta ennea epi teim oreim kai poreuiratos zētatō tem planirōtem?What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Matthew 24:16“mountains”tote tois en ta Ioudaia feugalōr epi teim oreim,then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Mark 13:14“mountains”Hotan de horaveia tem bdelugmem tau erēmōsiau histanarēton hopou ouk datō, tos anaginōskarōtos noatōr, tote tois en ta Ioudaia feugalōr eis teim oreim,So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Luke 21:21“mountains”tote tois en ta Ioudaia feugalōr eis teim oreim, kai tois en mese autau ekchōralōr, kai tois en tai chōrai mē eiserchelōr eis autan,Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.
1 Corinthians 13:2“mountains”kai ean echameiō profēteian kai oidameiē teim mustērieim panteim kai pantan tan gnōsian, kai ean echameiō pantan tan pistian hōste oreim methistanarō, agapan de mē echameiō, oudenem amō.If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.