Bible Dictionary: Plateau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

2. (n.) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.

Strong's Hebrew

6152b. Arab -- "a desert plateau," a country East of Isr.
... 6152a, 6152b. Arab. 6153 . "a desert plateau," a country East of Isr. ... Word Origin
from an unused word Definition "a desert plateau," a country E. of Isr. ...
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4334. mishor -- a level place, uprightness
... Origin from yashar Definition a level place, uprightness NASB Word Usage fairness
(1), level (2), level place (1), plain (12), plains (1), plateau (2), plateau ...
/hebrew/4334.htm - 6k

776. erets -- earth, land
... 1), earth's (1), fail* (1), floor (1), ground (119), land (1581), lands (57), lands
have their land (2), open (1), other* (2), piece (1), plateau* (1), region ...
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6307. Paddan -- the place where Rachel died
... From an unused root meaning to extend; a plateau; or Paddan param {pad-dan' ar-awm'};
from the same and 'Aram; the table-land of Aram; Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a ...
/hebrew/6307.htm - 6k

Library

The Political Constitution of Egypt
... Hewn out of the solid rock at the extreme margin of the mountain-plateau, he seems
to raise his head in order that he may be the first to behold across the ...
/.../chapter ithe political constitution of.htm

In Judaea
... Then he stood on the plateau of Ramah, with the neighbouring heights of Gibeon and
Gibeah, round which so many events in Jewish history had clustered. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 5 in judaea.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... Narrow paths lead southwards to a hill near the top of which is an uneven plateau,
some half-hour's journey in circumference, overgrown, like the hill itself ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

The Sermon on the Mount.
... The Sermon on the Mount. (Concerning the Privileges and Requirements of the Messianic
Reign. A Mountain Plateau Not Far from Capernaum.). Subdivision A. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlii the sermon on the.htm

Philip visits St. Nilus
... The cell which Nilus had built for himself was on the little plateau in which is
the cleft in the rock where tradition says that Elijah hid himself when he ...
/.../chapter lxii philip visits st.htm

A Nation's Struggle for a Home and Freedom.
... The wide Plain of Esdraelon and its eastward extension, the Valley of Jezreel,
cut straight across the central plateau of Palestine. ...
/.../kent/the making of a nation/study xii a nations struggle.htm

Bible Study for Boys
... between seventeen and twenty. Boys do not mature by years. Growth and development
is a jump from plateau to plateau. This would fit in ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/ix bible study for boys.htm

The First Day in Passion-Week - Palm-Sunday - the Royal Entry into ...
... There can be no reasonable doubt as to the locality of that hamlet (the modern
El-Azariye, of Lazarus'), perched on a broken rocky plateau on the other side of ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter i the first day.htm

The Way to the Sea
... But from Har-hat's movement he had meant to continue along this plateau, out of
sight of Israel, until he had posted part of his army in the way of escape to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xliv the way to.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... conquerors. To the north the territory of Ammon was bounded by the plateau
of Bashan and the Aramaic kingdoms of Gilead. Southward ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Thesaurus

Plateau (13 Occurrences)
... land. 2. (n.) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
Multi-Version Concordance Plateau (13 Occurrences). Deuteronomy ...
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Wanderings (7 Occurrences)
... of Gaza and Gerar, and the Neghebh or "dry region" (the south; see Numbers 13:17
the Revised Version (British and American)), including the plateau and low ...
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Gilead (130 Occurrences)
... Again, along with Bashan, it indicates the land East of Jordan, as distinguished
from the Moab plateau (Deuteronomy 3:10 Joshua 13:11 2 Kings 10:33). ...
/g/gilead.htm - 56k

Shephelah (2 Occurrences)
... It winds its way first in a northeasterly direction, past the Beth-horons, then,
turning to the Southeast, it reaches the plateau at el-Jib, the ancient Gibeon ...
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Brook (75 Occurrences)
... 2. Description: The Brook of Egypt comes down from the plateau et Tih in the Sinai
peninsula and falls into the Mediterranean Sea at latitude 31 5 North ...
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Arabia (9 Occurrences)
... those of the Northwest of 4,000 or 5,000, whereas those which are situated near
the middle of the West coast rise to 8,000 feet, and the plateau which forms ...
/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Nob (6 Occurrences)
... Immediately South of the ridge, to the East of the road, there is a small plateau,
South of which there is a lower ridge, whence the slopes dip into Wady el-Joz ...
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Jeshimon (6 Occurrences)
... 21:20; 23:28; 1 Samuel 23:19, 24); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply
"the waste" or "wilderness," the district on which the plateau of Ziph (qv ...
/j/jeshimon.htm - 11k

Ravine (26 Occurrences)
... Joshua 13:9 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that
is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau of Medeba to Dibon, (DBY). ...
/r/ravine.htm - 14k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)
... The upper division traverses the mountainous plateau of Armenia, and is formed
by the junction of 2 branches, the Frat and the Murad. ...
/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Bible Concordance

Plateau (13 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 3:10 all the cities of the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salchah and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the plateau, of the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:9 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau of Medeba to Dibon,
(DBY NIV)

Joshua 13:16 And their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau by Medeba;
(DBY NIV)

Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plateau, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-meon,
(DBY NIV)

Joshua 13:21 all the cities of the plateau, and the whole kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who reigned at Heshbon, whom Moses smote, him and the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon dwelling in the land.
(DBY)

Joshua 20:8 And beyond the Jordan from Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness, in the plateau, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan of the tribe of Manasseh.
(DBY NIV)

1 Kings 20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them on the plateau, shall we not be stronger than they?
(DBY)

1 Kings 20:25 and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them on the plateau: shall we not be stronger than they? And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 26:10 And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen also and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 21:13 Lo, I 'am' against thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who cometh down against us? And who cometh into our habitations?
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:8 And the waster shall come upon every city, that not a city shall escape; and the valley shall perish, and the plateau shall be destroyed: as Jehovah hath said.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 48:21 And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
(DBY NIV)

Subtopics

Plateau

Related Terms

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

Gilead (130 Occurrences)

Shephelah (2 Occurrences)

Brook (75 Occurrences)

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

Nob (6 Occurrences)

Jeshimon (6 Occurrences)

Ravine (26 Occurrences)