International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MIZAR, THE HILLmi'-zar, (har mits`ar; oros mikros): The name of a mountain found only in Psalm 42:6; "I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar." The term may be taken as an appellative meaning "littleness" and the phrase mehar mits`ar would then mean "from the little mountain," i.e. the little mountain of Zion. Some scholars think that the "m" in mehar may have arisen from dittography, and that we should read, "from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, O thou little mountain (of Zion)." G.A. Smith discusses the question in a note (HGHL, 477). He suggests that certain names found in the district (za`ura, wady za`arah, and Khirbet Mazara) may be a reminiscence of the name of a hill in the district called Mits`ar; and surly none other would have been put by the Psalmist in apposition to the Hermons. Cheyne says: "To me this appendage to Hermonim seems a poetic loss. Unless the little mountain has a symbolic meaning I could wish it away." I cannot see this: the symbolic meanings suggested for Hermonim and Mits`ar are all forced, and even if we got a natural one, it would be out of place after the literal land of Jordan. To employ all as proper names is suitable to a lyric. No identification is at present possible.
W. Ewing
Strong's Hebrew
4213. mizar -- a little, a trifle, a few... 4212, 4213.
mizar. 4214 . a little, a trifle, a few. Transliteration:
mizar Phonetic Spelling: (miz-awr') Short Definition: very.
... 4212, 4213.
mizar. 4214
... /hebrew/4213.htm - 6k 4706. Mitsar -- a mountain near Hermon
... 4705, 4706. Mitsar. 4707 . a mountain near Hermon. Transliteration: Mitsar
Phonetic Spelling: (mits-awr') Short Definition: Mizar. ... Mizar. ...
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Library
A Preface
... saith David), Psalm 42:6, my soul is cast down within me; therefore will I remember
thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. ...
/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/a preface.htm
Prayer Answered, Love Nourished
... look back through all the changes of his life, to his troubles and his joys, to
his Pisgahs and to his Engedis, to the land of the Hermonites and the hill Mizar ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/prayer answered love nourished.htm
Psalm 42
... thee therefore mind I will. From Jordan's land, the Hermonites,. and ev'n from Mizar
hill. ^7At the noise of thy water-spouts. deep unto deep doth call; ...
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
... 42:6), "my soul is cast down within me; therefore will I remember thee from the
land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar." He remembered also ...
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Spurgeon -- Songs in the Night
... What! hast thou buried thine own diary? I beseech thee, man, turn over the book
of thy remembrance. Canst thou not see some sweet hill Mizar? ...
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The Believer not an Orphan. "I Will not Leave You Comfortless: I ...
... to us. What! have you no hill Mizar to remember?". "No Tabor-visits to
recount,. When with Him in the Holy Mount"? Oh, yes! some ...
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Songs in the Night
... What! Hast thou buried thine own diary? I beseech thee, man, turn over the book
of thy remembrance. Canst thou not see some sweet hill Mizar? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 44 1898/songs in the night.htm
A Song among the Lilies
... holiness, ay, and mine when I sin, for "if any man sin we have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." He is mine on the hill Mizar, and mine ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 20 1874/a song among the lilies.htm
Constant, Instant, Expectant
... The hill Mizar and the Hermonites"places you never can forget, those choicest of
spots, which seem as you look back along the vista of life to be gleaming ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 25 1879/constant instant expectant.htm
Israel's Hope Encouraged;
... God,' saith David, 'my soul is cast down within me, therefore will I remember thee
from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites from the hill Mizar' (Psalm 42 ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/israels hope encouraged.htm
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Mizarlittle
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mizar(small), The hill, a mountain apparently in the northern part of transjordanic Palestine, from which the author of Psalm 42 utters his pathetic appeal. ver. 6. (It is probably a summit of the eastern ridge of Lebanon, not far from Mahanaim, where David lay after escaping from the rebellion of Absalom. --McClintock and Strong.)
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Smallness, a summit on the eastern ridge of Lebanon, near which David lay after escaping from Absalom (
Psalm 42:6). It may, perhaps, be the present Jebel Ajlun, thus named, "the little", in contrast with the greater elevation of Lebanon and Hermon.
Thesaurus
Mizar (1 Occurrence)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
MIZAR, THE HILL.
... W. Ewing. Multi-Version Concordance
Mizar (1 Occurrence). Psalms 42:6 My God, my soul is in despair within me.
.../m/mizar.htm - 8kDowncast (11 Occurrences)
... (DBY NIV). Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I
remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. ...
/d/downcast.htm - 9k
Despair (23 Occurrences)
... Psalms 42:6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from
the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar. ...
/d/despair.htm - 14k
Mixtures (1 Occurrence)
/m/mixtures.htm - 6k
Peaks (5 Occurrences)
... Psalms 42:6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from
the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar. ...
/p/peaks.htm - 7k
Hermonites (1 Occurrence)
... Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember
thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. ...
/h/hermonites.htm - 7k
Hermons (1 Occurrence)
... Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee
from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. ...
/h/hermons.htm - 6k
Hill (217 Occurrences)
... Gaash, Gareb, Geba, Gerizim, Gibeah, Gibeon, Gilboa, Gilead, Hachilah, Halak, Hebron,
Heres, Hermon, Hor, Horeb, Jearim, Judah, Lebanon, Mizar, Moreh, Moriah ...
/h/hill.htm - 57k
Mountain (298 Occurrences)
... Gaash, Gareb, Geba, Gerizim, Gibeah, Gibeon, Gilboa, Gilead, Hachilah, Halak, Hebron,
Heres, Hermon, Hor, Horeb, Jearim, Judah, Lebanon, Mizar, Moreh, Moriah ...
/m/mountain.htm - 48k
Hermon (16 Occurrences)
... Psalms 42:6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from
the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar. ...
/h/hermon.htm - 17k
Bible Concordance
Mizar (1 Occurrence)Psalms 42:6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
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Mizar
Mizar: A Hill
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Downcast (11 Occurrences)
Despair (23 Occurrences)
Mixtures (1 Occurrence)
Peaks (5 Occurrences)
Hermonites (1 Occurrence)
Hermons (1 Occurrence)
Hill (217 Occurrences)
Mountain (298 Occurrences)
Hermon (16 Occurrences)
Mizpah (42 Occurrences)
Heights (75 Occurrences)
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