Pisgah

Pisgah [N] [E] [H]

(section , i.e. peak ), ( Numbers 21:20 ; 23:14 ; 3:27 ; 34:1 ) a mountain range or district, the same as or a part of, that called the mountains of Abarim. Comp. ( 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 NEBO]


[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Pisgah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.