Pisgah

[ piz-guh ]

/ ˈpɪz gə /

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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

How to use Pisgah in a sentence

The ladies in Mount Pisgah take quite a different tone too, at this eventful period.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 695|Various
They have sent her chest on to Pisgah and she is with Loren.
William Clayton's Journal|William Clayton
Then opening the Bible he read the story of Moses going up to Pisgah, and took the verses for his text.
From the Easy Chair, series 3|George William Curtis
But she had seen an authentic glimpse, as from Pisgah, of the kingdom to which led the royal roads.
Arundel|Edward Frederic Benson

That same evening, the sheriff and his deputy, with several special assistants, rode from Mount Pisgah toward Matalette's section.
Romance of California Life|John Habberton

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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