Pisgah

[ piz-guh ]

noun

1. Mount Pisgah, a mountain ridge of ancient Moab, now in Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: from its summit Mount NeboMt. Nebo Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deuteronomy 34:1.

Pisgah

/ ˈpɪzɡə /

noun

1. Mount Pisgah
   Old Testament the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pisgah¹

From Hebrew Pisgāh “height, peak”

Example Sentences

The ladies in Mount Pisgah take quite a different tone too, at this eventful period.

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They have sent her chest on to Pisgah and she is with Loren.

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Then opening the Bible he read the story of Moses going up to Pisgah, and took the verses for his text.

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But she had seen an authentic glimpse, as from Pisgah, of the kingdom to which led the royal roads.

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That same evening, the sheriff and his deputy, with several special assistants, rode from Mount Pisgah toward Matalette's section.

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