This noun denotes a hill or mound, a natural elevation smaller than a mountain but distinct from flat terrain. The Septuagint uses it to translate Hebrew terms for hills, often in poetic passages describing landscape. In the New Testament, Luke employs it twice in quotations. John the Baptist's preparatory ministry fulfills Isaiah's prophecy that 'every mountain and hill shall be made low' (Luke 3:5), symbolizing the leveling of obstacles before the Lord. Later, Jesus refers to a saying that people will call to the hills to cover them in times of divine judgment (Luke 23:30). Both uses carry symbolic weight beyond mere geography.