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Pisgah

[ 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 Nebo ) Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deuteronomy 34:1.

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Origin of Pisgah

From Hebrew Pisgāh “height, peak”

Words nearby Pisgah

piscine, Piscis Austrinus, piscivorous, pisco, pisé, Pisgah, pish, pishogue, Pishpek, Pisidia, Pisidian
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British Dictionary definitions for Pisgah

Pisgah
/ (ˈpɪzɡə) /

noun

Mount Pisgah 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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