H2022 — הַר (har)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H2022
Original: הַר
Transliteration: har
Pronunciation: har
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: Shortened form of H2042 הָרָר (harar)
Occurrences: 485 unique verses (582 tokens) in OT
Books: 35
First Occurrence: Gen 7:19 — "all the high hills..."
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

A mountain or range of hills, sometimes used figuratively:—hill country, mount, mountain, promotion.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
the mountains	67	13.8%
mount	58	12.0%
mountain	40	8.2%
in mount	36	7.4%
the mount	29	6.0%
of the mountains	25	5.2%
the mountain	20	4.1%
in the mount	19	3.9%
in the mountains	13	2.7%
of/from/to/upon mount	43	8.9%
hill / hills	28	5.8%
Other bound forms	107	22.1%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Obadiah	6	28.6
Joel	6	8.2
Micah	8	7.6
Joshua	42	6.4
Nahum	3	6.4
Haggai	2	5.3
Judges	31	5.0
Deuteronomy	44	4.6
Isaiah	56	4.3
Ezekiel	42	3.3
Exodus	38	3.1
Psalms	43	1.7
Genesis	19	1.2
Other books	185	varies

The highest densities occur in short prophetic books with mountain imagery and in land-conquest/geography books such as Joshua and Judges.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Physical Mountains and Terrain¶

Gen 7:19-20 — the flood covers the high hills/mountains.
Gen 8:4 — the ark rests on the mountains of Ararat.
Jos 2:16,22-23 — spies hide in and descend from the mountain.

2. Named Mountains and Regions¶

Deut 1:2 — "mount Seir."
1Sa 1:1 — "mount Ephraim."
2Ki 2:25 — "mount Carmel."

3. Sinai/Horeb Revelation Location¶

Exo 3:1 — Moses comes to "the mountain of God."
Lev 25:1 — YHWH speaks to Moses "in mount Sinai."
Neh 9:13 — YHWH comes down "upon mount Sinai."

4. Temple/Zion/Holy Mountain¶

2Ch 3:1 — Solomon begins the house of YHWH at Jerusalem in mount Moriah.
Isa 2:2-3 — "the mountain of the LORD's house."
Joel 2:1 — alarm is sounded "in my holy mountain."

5. Mountains as Prophetic Address or Image¶

Eze 6:2-3 — "set thy face toward the mountains of Israel."
Mic 1:4 — mountains melt and valleys cleave.
Nah 1:5 — mountains quake and hills melt.

6. Figurative Obstacle or Exaltation¶

Zec 4:7 — "Who art thou, O great mountain?"
Isa 2:14 — high mountains/hills are listed among lifted-up things.
Hab 3:10 — mountains see and tremble.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
יְהֹוָה (YHWH)	H3068	143x	mountain of YHWH / divine action on mountains
אֶרֶץ (erets)	H776	83x	land-and-mountain geography
יִשְׂרָאֵל (Israel)	H3478	76x	mountains of Israel
בּוֹא (bo)	H935	65x	come/go to mountain contexts
עָלָה (alah)	H5927	62x	go up/ascend mountain
אֱלֹהִים (elohim)	H430	54x	mountain of God / God-context references
עַם (am)	H5971	47x	people/nations on or around mountains
גִּבְעָה (gibah)	H1389	39x	mountain-hill pairing
צִיּוֹן (Tsiyyon)	H6726	reported in verse clusters	Zion/mountain contexts

Word Family / Cognates¶

H2042 הָרָר (harar) — mountain/hill country form.
H1389 גִּבְעָה (gibah) — hill/hillock.
H2906 טוּר (tur) — Aramaic rock/hill/mountain.
G3735 ὄρος (oros) — primary Greek equivalent.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
הָרָר (harar)	H2042	mountains	Related/less common mountain form.
גִּבְעָה (gibah)	H1389	hill, hills	Hill/hillock; often paired with har but generally smaller/elevated landform.
טוּר (tur)	H2906	mountain	Aramaic word for rock/hill/mountain.
ὄρος (oros)	G3735	mount, mountain	Greek equivalent in LXX/NT.

Semantic Domains¶

[001002002] Landforms — physical landform term.
[003001008] Names of Landforms — named/geographic landform overlap.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI	Notes
ὄρος (oros) G3735	432	5.39	Dominant Greek equivalent for mountain/mount.
ὀρεινός (oreinos) G3714	20	5.43	Mountainous/hill-country adjective.
βουνός (bounos) G1015	36	4.41	Hill/hillock equivalent.
Σινᾶ (Sina) G4614	20	4.76	Sinai proper-name mapping in Sinai contexts.
Σιών (Sion) G4622	34	3.31	Zion mountain-name bridge.