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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37128" /> == | |||
<p> | <p> A ridge of the [[Abarim]] mountains W. from Heshbon. [[Nebo]] was a town on, or near, that ridge, lying on its western slope (Numbers 21:20; Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:38; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1). From Pisgah, [[Israel]] gained their first view of the [[Dead]] [[Sea]] and [[Jordan]] valley; hence [[Moses]] too viewed the land of promise. The correct designation for the mount is not "Nebo" (which has become usual for convenience sake) but "the mountain adjoining Nebo." In [[Scripture]] Nebo denotes only the town (Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:1-22). The uniform peakless nature of [[Pisgah]] caused its parts to be distinguished only by the names of the adjacent villages. It always has the article "THE Pisgah" E. of Jordan, near "the field of Moab, opposite Jericho." The field of [[Zophim]] was on it Ashsoth-Pisgah; Deuteronomy 3:17. (See ASHDOTH-PISGAH.) </p> <p> Pisgah is derived from paasag "to divide," a detached range of Abarim. Tristram from a point about 4,500 ft. high, three miles S.W. of [[Heshbon]] and one and a half W. of Main, saw to the N. and E. the [[Gilead]] hills, and the vast Belka ocean of grain and grass; to the S., Her and [[Seir]] of Arabia; to the W., the Dead Sea and Jordan valley and the familiar objects near Jerusalem; and over Jordan, Gerizim's round top, and further the [[Esdraelon]] plain and the shoulder of Carmel; to the N. rose Tabor's outline, [[Gilboa]] and little [[Hermon]] (jebel Duhy); in front rose Ajlun's dark forests, ending in Mount Gilead, behind Es [[Salt]] (Ramoth Gilead) The name Pisgah survives only on the N.W. end of the Dead Sea, in the Ras el Feshkah (Hebrew: [[Rosh]] ha-Ρisgah , "top of Pisgah"). Jebel Siugah ("fragment") probably answers to Pisgah. It is "over against Jericho," and the view corresponds. It is a fragment cut off by declivities on all sides, and separated from Nebo by the wady Haisa. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53382" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> PISGAH </strong> . A mountain in the region of Moab, with a commanding view over both the desert ( Numbers 21:20 ) and [[Western]] Palestine. [[Hither]] the [[Israelites]] journeyed from Bamoth, and there took place the extraordinary episode of Balaam, who on the top of [[Pisgah]] built seven altars ( Numbers 23:14 ). Its principal distinction, however, is its being the scene of Moses’ vision of the [[Promised]] Land ( Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1 ) and of his death. It fell into the territory of [[Reuben]] ( Joshua 13:20 [AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <strong> Ashdoth-pisgah </strong> , as in Joshua 12:3 and Deuteronomy 3:17; RV [Note: Revised Version.] in all three ‘slopes (mg. ‘springs’) or Pisgah’]). </p> <p> An alternative name for Pisgah is <strong> Neho </strong> (wh. see), referred to in Deuteronomy 32:49 as the scene of the death of Moses. The latter name is preserved by <em> Jebel Nebâ </em> , a range whose summit reaches a height of 2643 feet and commands a view of a large part of Western Palestine. It Isaiah 5 miles S.W. of Heshbon, and runs westward from the [[Moabite]] plateau. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p> | |||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70663" /> == | |||
<p> [[Pisgah]] (pĭz'gah), hill, or the height. The summit from which Moses, before his death, gained his view of the promised land. [[Peor]] was a peak near it. It was in Moab, one of the mountains of Abarim, and the top of Nebo. It was in the territory afterward assigned to Reuben, and thus was north of the Arnon. Numbers 21:20; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:49; Deuteronomy 34:1; Joshua 13:20. Pisgah had cultivated land. [[Balak]] brought [[Balaam]] "into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah," and there "built seven altars." Numbers 23:14. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74378" /> == | |||
<p> Pis'gah. (section, that is, peak). Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1. A mountain range or district, the same as, or a part of, that called "the mountains of Abarim". Compare Deuteronomy 32:49 with Deuteronomy 34:1. It lay on the east of Jordan, contiguous to the field of Moab, and immediately opposite Jericho. Its highest point or summit - its "head" - was Mount Nebo. See [[Mount Nebo]]. </p> | |||
== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18951" /> == | |||
<p> It seems that [[Pisgah]] is not the name of a particular locality, but an ordinary [[Hebrew]] word used for the peak of a hill or mountain. Usually it is a peak that gives a good view over the surrounding countryside (Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:13-14). The most commonly known Pisgah is the peak of Mt [[Nebo]] in the [[Abarim]] [[Range]] east of Jordan. This was the peak from which [[Moses]] viewed the land of [[Canaan]] before he died (Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1; see ABARIM). </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68040" /> == | |||
<p> [[Mountain]] on the east of the Jordan. [[Balaam]] offered sacrifices there, and it was the spot from which [[Moses]] viewed the promised land, and near to which he died. It was associated with [[Nebo]] ( <i> q.v. </i> ), and was said to be 'over against Jericho.' Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 . The peak called <i> Ras Siaghah, </i> 31 46' N, 35 43' E , is probably the site. </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16874" /> == | |||
<p> A mountain ridge, the northern part of the [[Abarim]] range, east of the [[Dead]] Sea; [[Nebo]] was one of its summits, Deuteronomy 32:49 34:1 . It was in the southern part of the kingdom of Sihon, Numbers 21:20 23:24; and afterwards belonged to the Reubenites, Joshua 12:3 13:20 . </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42978" /> == | |||
Deuteronomy 34:1Numbers 21:20Numbers 23:14Joshua 12:23Joshua 13:20 | |||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48493" /> == | |||
<p> A mountain over against Jericho. This place is rendered memorable from Moses. (Deuteronomy 34:1) The name means hill or mountain, from Pasag. </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33176" /> == | |||
Numbers 21:2023:14Deuteronomy 3:27[[Nebo]] | |||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81308" /> == | |||
<p> a part of Mount Nebo, so called, being, in all probability, a distinct, and most likely the highest, summit of that mountain. Here [[Moses]] climbed to view the land of Canaan; and here he died. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6979" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' piz´ga ''''' ( הפּסגּה , <i> ''''' ha ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' piṣgāh ''''' </i> ; Φασγά , <i> ''''' Phasgá ''''' </i> , τὸ λελαξευμένον , <i> ''''' tó ''''' </i> <i> ''''' lelaxeuménon ''''' </i> , ἡ λαξευτή , <i> ''''' hē ''''' </i> <i> ''''' laxeutḗ ''''' </i> ): This name, which has always the definite article, appears only in combination either with <i> ''''' rō'sh ''''' </i> , "head," "top," or <i> ''''' 'ashdōth ''''' </i> , not translated in the King James Version save in Deuteronomy 4:49 , where it is rendered "springs" the Revised Version (British and American) uniformly "slopes," the Revised Version margin "springs." </p> <p> [[Pisgah]] is identified with [[Nebo]] in Deuteronomy 34:1; compare Deuteronomy 3:27 . "The top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert" marks a stage in the march of the host of [[Israel]] (Numbers 21:20 ). [[Hither]] [[Balak]] brought [[Balaam]] to the field of [[Zophim]] (Numbers 23:14 ). Here [[Moses]] obtained his view of the [[Promised]] Land, and died. See [[Nebo]] . [[Many]] scholars (e.g. Buhl, <i> GAP </i> , 122; Gray, "Numbers," <i> ICC </i> , 291) take Pisgah as the name applying to the mountain range in which the [[Moab]] plateau terminates to the West, the "top" or "head" of Pisgah being the point in which the ridge running out westward from the main mass culminates. The summit commands a wide view, and looks down upon the desert. The identification is made surer by the name <i> '''''Tal‛at''''' </i> <i> '''''eṣ''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṣufa''''' </i> found here, which seems to correspond with the field of Zophim. </p> <p> <i> ''''' 'Ashdōth ''''' </i> is the construct plural of <i> ''''' 'ashēdhāh ''''' </i> (singular form not found), from <i> ''''' 'eshedh ''''' </i> , "foundation," "bottom," "lower part" (slope); compare [[Assyrian]] <i> ''''' ishdu ''''' </i> , "foundation." Some would, derive it from [[Aramaic]] <i> ''''' 'ashadh ''''' </i> , "to pour," whence "fall" or "slope" ( <i> Ohl </i> , under the word). Ashdoth-pisgah overlooked the [[Dead]] [[Sea]] from the East (Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20 ). There can be no reasonable doubt that Ashdoth-pisgah signifies the steep slopes of the mountain descending into the contiguous valleys. </p> <p> It is worthy of note that [[Septuagint]] does not uniformly render Pisgah by a proper name, but sometimes by a derivative of <i> ''''' laxeúō ''''' </i> , "to hew" or "to dress stone" ( Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:49 ). [[Jerome]] ( <i> Onomasticon </i> , under the word <i> '''''Asedoth''''' </i> ) gives <i> abscisum </i> as the [[Latin]] equivalent of <i> '''''Fasga''''' </i> . He derives Pisgah from <i> '''''pāṣagh''''' </i> , which, in new Hebrew, means "to split," "to cut off." This suggests a mountain the steep sides of which give it the appearance of having been "cut out." This description applies perfectly to <i> '''''Jebel''''' </i> <i> '''''Nebā''''' </i> as viewed from the Dead Sea. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55859" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Pisgah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/pisgah.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16375" /> == | |||
<p> Pis´gah, a mountain ridge in the land of Moab, on the southern border of the kingdom of [[Sihon]] . In it was Mount Nebo, from which [[Moses]] viewed the [[Promised]] Land before he died [NEBO]. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78098" /> == | |||
<p> A mountain range E. of the [[Lower]] Jordan, one of the summits of which is Mount Nebo, from which [[Moses]] beheld the [[Promised]] Land, and where he died and was buried. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_37128"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_53382"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/pisgah Pisgah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_70663"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/pisgah Pisgah from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_74378"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_18951"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/bridgeway-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Bridgeway Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_68040"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_16874"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_42978"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_48493"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_33176"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81308"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/pisgah Pisgah from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_6979"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/pisgah Pisgah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_6979"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/pisgah Pisgah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_55859"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/pisgah Pisgah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_16375"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/pisgah Pisgah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_78098"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pisgah Pisgah from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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