Lebanon Mountains
LEB`A-NON (white, incense), The mountains on the north of
Israel, Deut. 1:7; 11:24. There are two parallel ranges
running northeast to southwest for about ninety miles,
between which is Coele (hollow) Syria. The western range is
Libanus or Lebanon proper; the eastern range is the Anti-
Libanus. Average height 6,000 to 8,000 feet. Cliffs are
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leb'-a-non (lebanon; Septuagint Libanos; Vulgate (Jerome's
Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Libanus):
1. Name:
Derived from the root labhen, "to be white," probably from
the snow which covers its summits the greater part of the
year. "White mountains" are found in almost every country.
The light color of the upper limestone may, however, form a
suff...
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(A mountain range)
-Northern boundary of the land of Canaan
De 1:7; 3:25; 11:24; Jos 1:4; 9:1
-Early inhabitants of
Jud 3:3
-Snow of
Jer 18:14
-Streams of
So 4:15
-Cedars of
Jud 9:15; 2Ki 19:23; 2Ch 2:8; Ps 29:5; 104:16; Isa
2:13;
14:8; Eze 27:5
-Other trees of
2Ki 19:23; 2Ch 2:8
-Flower of
Na 1:4
-Beasts of
Isa 40:16
-Fertility ...
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a mountain range in the north of Israel. The name
Lebanon signifies white, and was applied either on account
of snow which, during a great part of the year, cover its
whole summit, or on account of the white color of its
limestone cliffs and peaks. It is the "white mountain" --the
Mont Blane of Israel. Lebanon is represented in Scripture
as l...
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white, "the white mountain of Syria," is the loftiest and
most
celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch
running
southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end
forking into
two parallel ranges, the eastern or Anti-Lebanon,
and the
western or Lebanon proper. They enclose a long
valley (Josh.
11:17) of from 5 to 8 miles in width...
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"exceeding white", namely, with snow, as Mont Blanc. In
Hebrew Lebanon, related to "alp". The double mountain range
N. of Israel, running in parallel lines from S.W. to
N.E., having between the fertile valley anciently called
Coelosyria, now El Beka'a (where are the grand ruins of the
temple of the sun), about six or seven miles wide, "the
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The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon....
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He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length
thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty
cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows
of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars....
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By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast
said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the
height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut
down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees
thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders,
[and into] the forest of his Carmel....
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