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LEBANON - L>@ - a mountain range in the north of Palestine. 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 Palestine. Lebanon is represented in Scripture as lying upon the northern border of the land of Israel. (1:7; 11:24; kjv@Joshua:1:4) Two distinct ranges bear this name. They run in parallel lines from southwest to northeast for about 90 geographical miles, enclosing between them a long, fertile valley from five to eight miles wide, anciently called Coele
- Syria . The western range is the "Libanus" of the old geographers and the Lebanon of Scripture. The eastern range was called "Anti
- Libanus" by geographers, and "Lebanon toward the sunrising" by the sacred writers. kjv@Joshua:13:5) Lebanon
the western range
commences on the south of the deep ravine of the Litany , the ancient river Leontes, which drains the valley of Cole
- Syria, and falls into the Mediterranean five miles north of Tyre. It runs northeast in a straight line parallel to the coast, to the opening from the Mediterranean into the plain of Emesa, called in Scripture the "entrance of Hamath." kjv@Numbers:34:8) Here Nehr el
- Kebir
the ancient river Eleutherus
sweeps round its northern end, as the Leontes does round its southern. The average elevation of the range is from 6000 to 8000 feet; but two peaks rise considerably higher. On the summits of both these peaks the snow remains in patches during the whole summer. The line of cultivation runs along at the height of about 6000 feet; and below this the features of the western slopes are entirely different. The rugged limestone banks are scantily clothed with the evergreen oak, and the sandstone with pines; while every available spot is carefully cultivated. The cultivation is wonderful, and shows what all Syria might be if under a good government. Fig trees cling to the naked rock; vines are trained along narrow ledges; long ranges of mulberries, on terraces like steps of stairs, cover the more gentle declivities; and dense groves of olives fill up the bottoms of the glens. Hundreds of villages are seen
here built among labyrinths of rocks, there clinging like among labyrinths of rocks, there clinging like swallows’ nests to the sides of cliffs; while convents, no less numerous, are perched on the top of every peak. The vine is still largely cultivated in every part of the mountain. Lebanon also abounds in olives, figs and mulberries; while some remnants exist of the forests of pine, oak and cedar which formerly covered it. (Kings:5:6; kjv@Ezra:3:7; kjv@Psalms:29:5; kjv@Isaiah:14:8) Considerable numbers of wild beasts still inhabit its retired glens and higher peaks; the writer has seen jackals, hyaenas, wolves, bears and panthers. ( kjv@2Kings:14:9; Solomon 4:8); Habb 2:17 Along the base of Lebanon runs the irregular plain of Phoenicia
nowhere more than two miles wide, and often interrupted by bold rocky spurs that dip into the sea. The main ridge of Lebanon is composed of Jura limestone, and abounds in fossils. Long belts of more recent sandstone run along the western slopes, which are in places largely impregnated with iron. Lebanon was originally inhabited by the Hivites and Giblites. kjv@Joshua:13:5-6; kjv@Judges:3:3) The whole mountain range was assigned to the Israelites, but was never conquered by them. kjv@Joshua:13:2-6; kjv@Judges:3:1-3) During the Jewish monarchy it appears to have been subject of the Phoenicians. (Kings:5:2-6; kjv@Ezra:3:7) From the Greek conquest until modern times Lebanon had no separate history. Anti
- Libanus.
The main chain of Anti
- Libanus commences in the plateau of Bashan, near the parallel of Caesarea Philippi, runs north to Hermon, and then northeast in a straight line till it stinks down into the great plain of Emesa, not far from the site of Riblah. Hermon is the loftiest peak; the next highest is a few miles north of the site of Abila, beside the village of Bludan , and has an elevation of about 7000 feet. The rest of the ridge averages about 5000 feet; it is in general bleak and barren, with shelving gray declivities, gray cliffs and gray rounded summits. Here and there we meet with thin forests of dwarf oak and juniper. The western slopes descend abruptly into the Buka’a ; but the features of the eastern are entirely different. Three side ridges here radiate from Hermon, like the ribs of an open fan, and form the supporting walls of three great terraces. Anti
- Libanus is only once distinctly mentioned in Scripture, where it is accurately described as "Lebanon toward the sunrising." kjv@Joshua:13:5)

easton:

Lebanon @ 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 kjv@Joshua:11:17) of from 5 to 8 miles in width, called by Roman writers Coele
- Syria, now called el
- Buka'a, "the valley," a prolongation of the valley of the Jordan. Lebanon proper, Jebel es
- Sharki, commences at its southern extremity in the gorge of the Leontes, the ancient Litany, and extends north-east, parallel to the Mediterranean coast, as far as the river Eleutherus, at the plain of Emesa, "the entering of Hamath" kjv@Numbers:34:8; kjvKings:8:65), in all about 90 geographical miles in extent. The average height of this range is from 6,000 to 8,000 feet; the peak of Jebel Mukhmel is about 10,200 feet, and the Sannin about 9,000. The highest peaks are covered with perpetual snow and ice. In the recesses of the range wild beasts as of old still abound ( kjv@2Kings:14:9; Cant. 4:8). The scenes of the Lebanon are remarkable for their grandeur and beauty, and supplied the sacred writers with many expressive similes kjv@Psalms:29:5-6 kjv@Psalms:72:16 kjv@Psalms:104:16 -18; Cant. kjv@4:15; Isaiah:2:13 kjv@Isaiah:35:2 kjv@Isaiah:60:13 ; kjv@Hosea:14:5). It is famous for its cedars (Cant. 5:15), its wines kjv@Hosea:14:7), and its cool waters kjv@Jeremiah:18:14). The ancient inhabitants were Giblites and Hivites kjv@Joshua:13:5; kjv@Judges:3:3). It was part of the Phoenician kingdom (kjvKings:5:2-6). The eastern range, or Anti
- Lebanon, or "Lebanon towards the sunrising," runs nearly parallel with the western from the plain of Emesa till it connects with the hills of Galilee in the south. The height of this range is about 5,000 feet. Its highest peak is Hermon (q.v.), from which a number of lesser ranges radiate. Lebanon is first mentioned in the description of the boundary of Palestine kjv@Deuteronomy:1:7 kjv@Deuteronomy:11:24). It was assigned to Israel, but was never conquered kjv@Joshua:13:2-6; kjv@Judges:3:1-3). The Lebanon range is now inhabited by a population of about 300,000 Christians, Maronites, and Druses, and is ruled by a Christian governor. The Anti
- Lebanon is inhabited by Mohammedans, and is under a Turkish ruler.

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Lebanon strong_idH3844/strong_id @ Bounded the land of Canaan on the north kjv@Deuteronomy:1:7 kjv@Deuteronomy:11:24
Given to Israel kjv@Joshua:13:5 kjv@Joshua:13:6
Celebrated for
Cedars kjv@Psalms:29:5 kjv@Psalms:92:12 kjv@Isaiah:14:8
Flowers kjv@Nahum:1:4
Fragrance kjv@Songs:4:11
Fragrance of its wines kjv@Hosea:14:7
Glorious appearance kjv@Isaiah:35:2
Great part of, not conquered by the Israelites kjv@Joshua:13:2 kjv@Joshua:13:5 kjv@Judges:3:1-4
Called
The mountains kjv@2Chronicles:2:2
Mount Lebanon kjv@Judges:3:3
That goodly mountain kjv@Deuteronomy:3:25
Lofty tops of, covered with snow kjv@Jeremiah:18:14
Part of, barren kjv@Isaiah:29:17
Forests of, infested with wild beasts kjv@Songs:4:8 kjv@Isaiah:40:16 kjv@Habakkuk:2:17
Many streams came from kjv@Songs:4:15
Formerly inhabited by the Hivites kjv@Judges:3:3
Moses anxious to behold kjv@Deuteronomy:3:25
Furnished
Wood for Solomon's temple kjv@1Kings:5:5 kjv@1Kings:5:6
Stones for Solomon's temple kjv@1Kings:5:14 kjv@1Kings:5:18
Wood for second temple kjv@Ezra:3:7
Solomon built
The house of the forest of kjv@1Kings:7:2
Storehouses in kjv@1Kings:9:19
Difficulties of passing, surmounted by Assyrian army kjv@2Kings:19:23
Illustrative
Of great and powerful monarchs kjv@Isaiah:10:24 kjv@Isaiah:10:34
Of the Gentile world kjv@Isaiah:29:17
Of the Jewish nation kjv@Jeremiah:22:6 kjv@Jeremiah:22:23 kjv@Hebrews:2:17
Of the temple kjv@Zechariah:11:1
(Glory of,) of the glory of the church kjv@Isaiah:35:2 kjv@Isaiah:60:13
(Fragrance of,) of the graces of the church kjv@Songs:4:11 kjv@Hosea:14:6 kjv@Hosea:14:7
(Shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church kjv@Psalms:72:16
(Mourning of,) of deep affliction kjv@Ezekiel:31:15

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LEBANON @ -(A mountain range)
- Northern boundary of the land of Canaan kjv@Deuteronomy:1:7; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:25; kjv@Deuteronomy:11:24; kjv@Joshua:1:4; kjv@Joshua:9:1
- Early inhabitants of kjv@Judges:3:3
- Snow of kjv@Jeremiah:18:14
- Streams of kjv@Songs:4:15
- Cedars of kjv@Judges:9:15; kjv@2Kings:19:23; kjv@2Chronicles:2:8; kjv@Psalms:29:5; kjv@Psalms:104:16; kjv@Isaiah:2:13; kjv@Isaiah:14:8; kjv@Ezekiel:27:5
- Other trees of kjv@2Kings:19:23; kjv@2Chronicles:2:8
- Flower of kjv@Nahum:1:4
- Beasts of kjv@Isaiah:40:16
- Fertility and productiveness of kjv@Hosea:14:5-7
- Valley of kjv@Joshua:11:17; kjv@Joshua:12:7
- Tower of kjv@Songs:7:4
- Solomon had storage cities in kjv@1Kings:9:19

- FIGURATIVE kjv@Isaiah:29:17; kjv@Jeremiah:22:6

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kjv@STRING:Lebanon <HITCHCOCK>@ white, incense - HITCHCOCK-L

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H3844 <STRHEB>@ לבנון lebânôn leb-aw-nohn' From H3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow); {Lebanon} a mountain range in Palestine: - Lebanon.

H4706 <STRHEB>@ מצער mits‛âr mits-awr' The same as H4705; {Mitsar} a peak of Lebanon: - Mizar.

H8149 <STRHEB>@ שׂניר שׁניר shenîyr ώenîyr {shen-eer'} sen-eer' From an unused root meaning to be pointed; peak; Shenir or {Senir} a summit of Lebanon: - {Senir} Shenir.

H8303 <STRHEB>@ שׂרין שׁריון shiryôn ώiryôn {shir-yone'} sir-yone' The same as H8304 (that {is} sheeted with snow); Shirjon or {Sirjon} a peak of the Lebanon: - Sirion.