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Nave Topical Bible
• Olives, Mount of
Thompson Chain Reference
• Tabor, Mount
• Sermon On the Mount
• Seir, Mount
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Mount Tabor
• Mount Olivet
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American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Sermon On the Mount
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Mount Moriah
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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• Perazim, Mount
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Zalmon, Mount
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Shepher, Mount
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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• Mount, Mountain
• Mount of the Congregation
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Mounting
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• Mount
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Zion, Sion, Mount Zion
• Zemaraim, Mount
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• University, Mount Saint Mary's
• Thabor, Mount
• Tabor, Mount
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Mount Zion
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Smith Bible Dictionary
• Zalmon Mount
• Sina Mount
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Mount, Mountain
Whyte's Bible Characters
• Moses On the New Testament Mount
Wilson's Bible Types
• Mount (and Forms)
Webster Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Bethel, Mount
• Congregation, Mount of
• Corruption, Mount of
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Gerizim Mount
• Olives Mount of
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Azotus, Mount
• Carmel, Mount.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Alban Mount
• A`thos, Mount
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Congregations of Mount Calvary
• Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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• Horeb, Mount
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• ἐπιβαίνω
• κτῆνος
• ὄρος
• אָבַךְ
• בְּהֵמָה
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MOUNT, n. L. mons, literally a heap or an elevation.

1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land. Mount is used for an eminence or elevation of earth, indefinite in highth or size, and may be a hillock, hill or mountain. We apply it to Mount Blanc, in Switzerland, to Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke, in Massachusetts, and it is applied in Scripture to the small hillocks on which sacrifice was offered as well as to Mount Sinai. Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount or heap of stones raised for a witness between him and Laban. Genesis 31

2. A mound a bulwark for offense or defense.

Hew ye down trees and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jeremiah 6

3. Formerly, a bank or fund of money.

MOUNT,

1. To rise on high to ascend with or without up.

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command? Job 39 .

The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.

2. To rise to ascend to tower to be built to a great altitude.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jeremiah 51

3. To get on horseback.

4. To leap upon any animal.

5. To amount to rise in value.

Bring then these blessings to a strict account,

Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.

MOUNT, To raise aloft to lift on high.

What power is it which mounts my love so high?

1. To ascend to climb to get upon an elevated place as, to mount a throne.

2. To place one's self on horseback as, to mount a horse.

3. To furnish with horses as, to mount a troop. The dragoons were well mounted.

4. To put on or cover with something to embellish with ornaments as, to mount a sword.

5. To carry to be furnished with as, a ship of the line mounts seventy four guns a fort mounts a hundred cannon.

6. To raise and place on a carriage as, to mount a cannon.

To mount guard, to take the station and do the duty of a sentinel.