Carmel
CAR`MEL (full of corn), i. A city of Judah on the Mountain
of Carmel six miles south-east of Hebron. Nabal`s
possession, 1 Sam. 25:2 ; seat of Saul`s trophy, 25:12 ;
and Uzziah`s vineyards, 2 Chron. 26:10. ii. The bold
promontory which forms the bay of Acre, 1500 feet high,
separating Sharon from Esdraelon. Familiar by histories of
Elijah and...
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And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in
Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three
thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his
sheep in Carmel....
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And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he
returned to Samaria....
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kar'-mel (karmel, or, with article, ha-karmel, "fruit
garden"; Josephus, ho Karmelos, Karmelion oros):
(1) A beautifully wooded mountain range running for about 13
miles in a south-easterly direction from the promontory
which drops on the shore of the Mediterranean near Haifa, at
the southern extremity of the plain of Acre, to the height
of el...
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1. A fertile and picturesque mountain in Israel
So 7:5; Isa 33:9; 35:2; Jer 46:18; 50:19; Am 1:2
Forests of
2Ki 19:23
Caves of
Am 9:3; Mic 7:14
An idolatrous high place upon; Elijah builds an altar
upon,
and confounds the worshipers of Baal, putting to
death four
hundred and fifty of its prophets
1Ki 18:17-46
Elisha's abode in
2Ki 2:25...
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(fruitful place or park).
1. A mountain which forms one of the most striking and
characteristic features of the country of Israel. It is a
noble ridge, the only headland of lower and central Israel,
and forms its southern boundary, running out with a bold bluff
promontory, nearly 600 feet high, almost into the very waves
of the Mediterranean,...
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a park; generally with the article, "the park." (1.) A
prominent
headland of Central Israel, consisting of several
connected
hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the
sea, a
distance of some 12 miles or more. At the east end,
in its
highest part, it is 1,728 feet high, and at the west
end it
forms a promontory to the bay of Acre ...
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Generally with the article, "the park," derived from kerem
'Eel, "the vineyard of God." Sometimes not a proper name:
Isaiah 32:15, "a fruitful field," Hebrew Karmel; a
characteristic feature of the Holy-Land.
1. A mountain promontory in Asher, 12 miles long,
jutting out into the Mediterranean. a few miles S. of
Ptolemais or Acre; toward its ...
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circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn...
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By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said,
By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of
the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down
the tall cedars thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof:
and I will enter into the height of his border, [and] the
forest of his Carmel....
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