Type Mountain
Usage Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Meaning & History
From the name of the ancient kingdom of Urartu. This is the name of a mountain in Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament. It is usually called Մասիս (Masis) in Armenian.
Related Names
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h780, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h780.
