Mount Horeb
Ancient site; 14 competing modern identifications, best supported being Jebel Musa.
Placemountain17 verseslocation disputed
Where was it?
Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.
- Jebel Musa465
- Har Karkom103
- Jebel Sin Bishar89
- Ras es Safsafeh55
- Jebel Serbal54
- Jebel Katherina28
- Jebel Hashem el Tarif20
- Jebel Halal12
- Jebel Yeleq5
- Jabal al Magharah5
- Har ‘Arif5
- Jabal al Lawz4
- Al Manifa-6
- Jabal Harb-23
Names
- Horeb — חֹרֵב chorev “dry, desolate” (H2722) · Χωρηβ Xōrēb — Exodus 3:1
Name variants
- Horeb (144)
- Mount Sinai (16)
- Mount Horeb (8)
- Herob (1)
- Sinai (1)
References
Topical references
- A range of mountains of which Mount Sinai is the most prominent — Exodus 3:1; Exodus 17:6; Exodus 33:6; Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 4:15; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 9:8; Deuteronomy 29:1; 1 Kings 8:9; 1 Kings 19:8; 2 Chronicles 5:10, and 2 more
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.
Described as
- Mountain of G-d — הַר הָאֱלֹהִים har haelohiym “mountain [of] the god” (H430) · [none] — Exodus 3:1