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Strong's G3714 ὀρεινός (oreinos)

Oreinos means “hill country” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3714 — kaphic (“beam”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3714
Language Greek
Linked Usages 28
Books 9

Strong's G3714 Quick Answer

Strong's G3714 ὀρεινός (oreinos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. oreinos (or-ei-nos') adj. 1. mountainous, i.e. the Highlands (of Judaea) {feminine by implication, of G5561} It has 28 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include hill and judaea. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
oreinos (or-ei-nos') adj. 1. mountainous, i.e. the Highlands (of Judaea) {feminine by implication, of G5561}
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
hill and judaea

Meaning and Definition

oreinos (or-ei-nos') adj. 1. mountainous, i.e. the Highlands (of Judaea) {feminine by implication, of G5561} [from G3735] KJV: hill country Root(s): G3735 Compare: G5561

Original Word
ὀρεινός
Transliteration
oreinos
Derivation
Root: ὄρος R1: 3735
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3714. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

hilly

Usage: ὀρεινός (WH, ὀριν-; see MM, xviii,) -ή, -όν (ὄρος), mountainous, hilly; ἡ ὀ. (sc. χώρα), the hill-country (LXX for הַר): Luk.1:39, 65 † (AS)

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How Strong's G3714 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render oreinos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Judaea Luke 1:65 hill Luke 1:39

How Strong's G3714 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3714 (ὀρεινός) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3714 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3714 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:39 KJV

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

Luke 1:65 KJV

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.

Strong's G3714 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the salt valley consists of slime pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrah, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.

Numbers 13:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.

Deuteronomy 2:37 Septuagint / Brenton

Only we did not draw near to the children of Ammon, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jabbok, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us.

Strong's G3714 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 1:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And there came unto him all they that dwelt in the hill country, and all that dwelt by Euphrates, and Tigris, and Hydaspes, and the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymeans, and very many nations of the sons of Cheleul, assembled themselves to the battle.

Judith 5:3 Septuagint / Brenton

and he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Canaan, who this people is, that dwelleth in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;

Judith 5:5 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth near thee, and inhabiteth the hill countries: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy servant.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3714.

Genesis 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the salt valley consists of slime pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrah, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.
Numbers 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
Deuteronomy 2:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only we did not draw near to the children of Ammon, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jabbok, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us.
Joshua 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and she said to them, Depart into the hill country, lest the pursuers meet you, and ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterward ye shall depart on your way.
Joshua 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to the hill country, and remained there three days; and the pursuers searched all the roads, and found them not.
Joshua 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilebanon, and the Hittites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites, heard of it,
Joshua 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and to the kings who were by the great Sidon, to the hill country and to Arabah opposite Chinneroth, and to the plain, and to Naphoth-dor,
Joshua 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua and all the men of war came upon them at the water of Merom suddenly; and they attacked them in the hill country.
Joshua 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Negeb, and all the land of Goshen, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain;
Joshua 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
everyone that inhabits the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim. All the Sidonians, I will destroy them from before Israel; but do thou give them by inheritance to Israel, as I charged thee.
Joshua 15:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the hill country Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
Joshua 16:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Bethel Luz.
Judges 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight with the Canaanite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
2 Chronicles 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle in the low country and in the plain; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel: for he was a husbandman.
Proverbs 34:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Luke 1:39 New Testament, KJV
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
Luke 1:65 New Testament, KJV
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
Judith 1:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came unto him all they that dwelt in the hill country, and all that dwelt by Euphrates, and Tigris, and Hydaspes, and the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymeans, and very many nations of the sons of Cheleul, assembled themselves to the battle.
Judith 5:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Canaan, who this people is, that dwelleth in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;
Judith 5:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth near thee, and inhabiteth the hill countries: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy servant.
Judith 5:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed by their strength all them of Heshbon, and passing over Jordan they possessed all the hill country.
Judith 5:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
Judith 6:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore my servants shall bring thee back into the hill country, and shall set thee in one of the cities of the passages:
Judith 6:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia.
Judith 7:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon, and camped in the hill country over against Dothan: and they sent some of them toward the south, and toward the east, over against Egrebeh, which is near unto Chusi, that is upon the brook Mochmur; and the rest of the army of the Assyrians camped in the plain, and covered the face of the whole land; and their tents and carriages were pitched to a very great multitude.
Judith 11:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore, if thy people that dwelleth in the mountains had not set light by me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them: but they have done these things to themselves.
Judith 15:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away. Then the children of Israel, everyone that was a warrior among them, rushed out upon them.
Judith 15:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, got many spoils: for the multitude was very great.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3714, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3714 FAQ

What does oreinos (ὀρεινός) mean?

Oreinos (Strong's G3714) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hill country". oreinos (or-ei-nos') adj. 1. mountainous, i.e. the Highlands (of Judaea) {feminine by implication, of G5561}

How many times is oreinos (ὀρεινός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's G3714 across 9 books.

Where can I study oreinos (ὀρεινός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3714 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate oreinos (ὀρεινός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hill and judaea. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3714 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3714, with linked reader references where each row is available.