1015. bounos
Berean Strong's Lexicon
bounos: Hill, mound

Original Word: βουνός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: bounos
Pronunciation: boo-NOS
Phonetic Spelling: (boo-nos')
Definition: Hill, mound
Meaning: a hillock, hill.

Word Origin: Derived from a primary word

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1389 (גִּבְעָה, gib'ah) – hill, height

- H2022 (הַר, har) – mountain, hill

Usage: The Greek word "bounos" refers to a hill or a mound, typically a natural elevation of the earth's surface. In the New Testament, it is used to describe geographical features that are smaller than mountains but still significant in the landscape. The term is often used metaphorically to describe obstacles or challenges that need to be overcome.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near East, hills and mounds were significant both geographically and symbolically. They often served as places of refuge, worship, or strategic military positions. In biblical times, hills were also associated with high places where altars and idols were sometimes erected, contrasting with the worship of Yahweh in designated holy sites.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
a hill
NASB Translation
hill (1), hills (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1015: βουνός

βουνός, βουνοῦ, , a Cyrenaic word according to Herodotus 4, 199, which Eustathius (831, 33) on Iliad 11, 710 says was used by Philemon (No theta 1), a comic poet (of the 3rd century B.C.). It was rejected by the Atticists, but from Polybius on (who (5, 22, 1f) uses it interchangeably with λόφος) it was occasionally received by the later Greek writings. (Strabo, Pausanias, Plutarch, others); in the Sept. very often for גִּבְעָה; (perhaps from ΒΑΩ to ascend (cf. Hesychius βουνοί. βωμοί, and βωμιδες in Herodotus 2, 125 (Schmidt, chapter 99, 11))); a hill, eminence, mound: Luke 3:5 (Isaiah 40:4); (Hosea 10:8). Cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 153f; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 355f; (Donaldson, New Crat. § 469).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hill.

Probably of foreign origin; a hillock -- hill.

Forms and Transliterations
βουνοί βουνοις βουνοίς βουνοῖς βουνόν βουνος βουνός βουνὸς βουνού βουνους βουνούς βουνώ βουνων βουνών bounois bounoîs bounos bounòs
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 3:5 N-NMS
GRK: ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ
NAS: MOUNTAIN AND HILL WILL BE BROUGHT LOW;
KJV: and hill shall be brought low;
INT: mountain and hill will be made low and

Luke 23:30 N-DMP
GRK: καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς Καλύψατε ἡμᾶς
NAS: FALL ON US,' AND TO THE HILLS, 'COVER
KJV: us; and to the hills, Cover us.
INT: and to the hills Cover us

Strong's Greek 1015
2 Occurrences


βουνοῖς — 1 Occ.
βουνὸς — 1 Occ.

















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