Pisgah

English Etymology From Biblical en he פסגּה Piṣgāh, a name for the peak of Mount Nebo, meaning literally “top of a mountain; summit”. Noun en mostly attributive often figurative A glimpse of a distant sight; an overview of a situation; a position that affords a view. en 1992 Bryan Collier Short Cast by Means of Figures: Herman Melville's Rhetorical Development 153 Although the development of this work, complex and compelling in its own right, lies beyond the scope of the present study, a “Pisgah view” of Billy Budd discloses its presentation, among many other things, of a sharply drawn retrospective allegory of Melville’s rhetorical career. Proper noun The name of a mountain in the Bible. Usually refers to biblical Mount Pisgah (Bible) Mount Pisgah or Mount Nebo. en 1827 w:Lydia Sigourney Poems On reading the Life of Quincy, by his Son 135 —With swimming glance,Like him who erst from Pisgah's cliff descriedThe unenter'd land of promise,—he survey'dThat emerald shore where slept in hallow'd gravesHis ancestors, where rose in beauteous strengthThe city of his joy,— en 1869 Thomas Fuller A Pisgah Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof 70 On Pisgah, Moses surveyed the whole land of Canaan, and although he was advantaged by the height of the place and the clearness of his eyes, yet much of miracle must needs be admitted in so plain and far discovery. 1650 https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=xxosAAAAYAAJ Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, United States. en town co/Jackson County s/Alabama c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Gilmer County s/Georgia. en city co/Harrison County s/Iowa. en unincorporated community co/Morgan County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community co/Woodford County s/Kentucky. en unincorporated community co/Charles County s/Maryland. en unincorporated community co/Rankin County s/Mississippi. en unincorporated community co/Cooper County s/Missouri. en unincorporated community co/Randolph County s/North Carolina. en unincorporated community co/Butler County s/Ohio. en ghost town co/Navarro County s/Texas. en unincorporated community co/Preston County s/West Virginia. Willoughby State Forest in Vermont, United States. en Killington Peak, Vermont, United States. References Pisgah n 144574 June 2006 en terms derived from the Bible