Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Palestine is a hilly country (Deut. 3:25; 11:11; Ezek. 34:13). West of Jordan the mountains stretch from Lebanon far down into Galilee, terminating in Carmel. The isolated peak of Tabor rises from the elevated plain of Esdraelon, which, in the south, is shut in by hills spreading over the greater part of Samaria. The mountains of Western and Middle Palestine do not extend to the sea, but gently slope into plains, and toward the Jordan fall down into the Ghor.
East of the Jordan the Anti-Lebanon, stretching south, terminates in the hilly district called Jebel Heish, which reaches down to the Sea of Gennesareth. South of the river Hieromax there is again a succession of hills, which are traversed by wadies running toward the Jordan. These gradually descend to a level at the river Arnon, which was the boundary of the ancient trans-Jordanic territory toward the south. The composition of the Palestinian hills is limestone, with occasional strata of chalk, and hence the numerous caves, some of large extent, found there.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(Isaiah 29:3; Jeremiah 6:6) etc. [SIEGE]
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MOUNT, MOUNTAIN, the translation of three words, of which the commonest, like our word, applies to both a single mountain and a range. The mountains mentioned in the Bible are Sinai, Ebal, Gerizim, Zion, and Olivet, and the range of Lebanon. Eze 18:6. Worship upon mountains was forbidden. Dean Stanley gives (Sinai and Palestine) the following list, quoted in Ayre's Treasury of Bible Knowledge, of Hebrew words used in reference to mountains or hills. V. 'top'). Of a hill (gibeah), Ex 17:9-10.
"Ears, aznoth, Aznoth-tabor, Josh 19:34; possibly in allusion to some projection on the top of the mountain. "Shoulder, chuteph, Deut 33:12; Josh 15:8; Josh 18:16 ('side'), all referring to the hills on which Jerusalem is placed. ' "Side, tzad (see the word for the 'side' of a man in 2 Sam 2:16; Eze 4:4, etc.). Used in reference to a mountain in 1 Sam 23:26; 2 Sam 13:34. "Loins or flanks, chisloth, Chisloth-tabor. e. the 'loins,' Josh 19:18. "Rib, tzelah. ' "Back, shechem.
Probably the root of the name of the town Shechem, which may be derived from its situation, as it were, on the back of Gerizim. "Elbow, ammah. ' It occurs in 2 Sam 2:24 as the name of a hill near Gibeon. "Thigh, yarchah (see the word for the 'thigh' of a man in Jud 3:16,2 Chr 11:21), Applied to Mount Ephraim, Jud 19:1, 1 Sam 30:18, and to Lebanon. 2 Kgs 19:23; Isa 37:24. Used also for the 'sides' of a cave. 1 Sam 24:3. "The word translated 'covert' in 1 Sam 25:20 is aether, from eathar, to hide, ... and probably refers to the shrubbery or thicket through which Abigail's path lay.