Dictionary entry

Mountains

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

The elevated parts of the earth Ge 7:19,20

GOD

Formed Am 4:13

Set fast Ps 65:6

Gives strength to Ps 95:4

Weighs, in a balance Isa 40:12

Waters, from his chambers Ps 104:13

Parches, with draught Hag 1:11

Causes, to smoke Ps 104:32; 144:5

Sets the foundations of, on fire De 32:22

Makes waste Isa 42:15

Causes, to tremble Na 1:5; Hab 3:10

Causes, to skip Ps 114:4,6

Causes, to melt Jud 5:5; Ps 97:5; Isa 64:1,3

Removes Job 9:5

Overturns Job 9:5; 28:9

Scatters Hab 3:6

Made to glorify God Ps 148:9

CALLED

God's mountains Isa 49:11

The ancient mountains De 33:15

The everlasting mountains Hab 3:6

Perpetual hills Heb 3:6

Everlasting hills Ge 49:26

Pillars of heaven Job 26:11

Many exceedingly high Ps 104:18; Isa 2:14

Collect the vapours which ascend from the earth Ps 104:6,8

Are the sources of springs and rivers De 8:7; Ps 104:8-10

Canaan abounded in De 11:11

Volcanic fires of, alluded to Isa 64:1,2; Jer 51:25; Na 1:5,6

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Ararat Ge 8:4

Abarim Nu 33:47,48

Amalek Jud 12:15

Bashan Ps 68:15

Bethel 1Sa 13:2

Carmel Jos 15:55; 19:26; 2Ki 19:23

Ebal De 11:29; 27:13

Ephraim Jos 17:15; Jud 2:9

Gerizim De 11:29; Jud 9:7

Gilboa 1Sa 31:1; 2Sa 1:6,21

Gilead Ge 31:21,25; So 4:1

Hachilah 1Sa 23:19

Hermon Jos 13:11

Hor Nu 20:22; 34:7,8

Horeb Ex 3:1

Lebanon De 3:25

Mizar Ps 42:6

Moreh Jud 7:1

Moriah Ge 22:2; 2Ch 3:1

Nebo (part of Abarim) Nu 32:3; De 34:1

Olives or mount of corruption 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13; Lu 21:37

Pisgah (part of Abarim) Nu 21:20; De 34:1

Seir Ge 14:6; 36:8

Sinai Ex 19:2; 18:20,23; 31:18

Sion 2Sa 5:7

Tabor Jud 4:6,12,14

A defence to a country Ps 125:2

Afford refuge in time of danger Ge 14:10; Jud 6:2; Mt 24:16; Heb 11:38

Afforded pasturage Ex 3:1; 1Sa 25:7; 1Ki 22:17; Ps 147:8; Am 4:1

ABOUNDED WITH

Herbs Pr 27:25

Minerals De 8:9

Precious things De 33:15

Stone for building 1Ki 5:14,17; Da 2:45

Forests 2Ki 19:23; 2Ch 2:2,8-10

Vineyards 2Ch 26:10; Jer 31:5

Spices So 4:6; 8:14

Deer 1Ch 12:8; So 2:8

Game 1Sa 26:20

Wild beasts So 4:8; Hab 2:17

Often inhabited Ge 36:8; Jos 11:21

Sometimes selected as places for divine worship Ge 22:2,5; Ex 3:12; Isa 2:2

Often selected as places for idolatrous worship De 12:2; 2Ch 21:11

Proclamations often made from Isa 40:9

Beacons or ensigns often raised upon Isa 13:2; 30:17

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of difficulties Isa 40:4; Zec 4:7; Mt 17:20

Of persons in authority Ps 72:3; Isa 44:23

Of the church of God Isa 2:2; Da 2:35,44,45

Of God's righteousness Ps 36:6

Of proud and haughty persons Isa 2:14

(Burning,) of destructive enemies Jer 51:25; Re 8:8

(Breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy Isa 44:23; 55:12

(Threshing of,) of heavy judgments Isa 41:15

(Made waste,) of desolation Isa 42:15; Mal 1:3

(Dropping new wine,) of abundance Am 9:13