Pisgah

American

[piz-guh] / ˈpɪz gə /

noun

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 British

/ ˈpɪzɡə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Pisgah

From Hebrew Pisgāh “height, peak”

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Pisgah

The water that flows into the North Fork Reservoir, which serves Asheville and the towns of Black Mountain and Swannanoa, always ran clear and clean from its headwaters high in Pisgah National Forest.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

More than 100 residences in Union Township in Butler County were hit, authorities said, and there were reports of destruction from Green Township, Westchester, Pisgah and Mason.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Alun Hopkins was struck by a cow on his farm near the village of Pisgah, in Ceredigion, in February.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2021

Officials said public boating access to Smith and Pisgah bays will be impacted.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2020

I stood at the top of the ski slope on Mount Pisgah, looking down.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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