Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor, sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in the Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 18 kilometres west of the Sea of Galilee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Félix Bonfils, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 575 metres
- Description: mountain in northern Israel traditionally believed to be the scene of the Transfiguration of Jesus
- Also known as: “Har Tāḇôr”, “Har Taver”, “Har Tavor”, “Itabyrion”, “Itabyrium”, “Jabal at Tur”, “Jabal at-Tur”, “Jebel el-Tor”, “Jebel el-Tôr”, “Jebel et Tūr”, “Mount Itabyrion”, “Mount Itabyrium”, “Mount of the Transfiguration”, “Mount of Transfiguration”, “Mount Tabur”, “Mount Tavor”, “Mount Tur”, “Tabor”, “Tabur”, “Tavor”, and “Tur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of the Transfiguration and Kadoorie Agricultural High School.
Basilica of the Transfiguration
Church
Photo: Gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Transfiguration is a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor in Israel. It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon an unnamed mountain and speaks with Moses and Elijah.
Kadoorie Agricultural High School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kadoorie Agricultural High School, sometimes spelled "Kadouri" or "Kaduri", is an agricultural school and youth village in Israel situated next to Mount Tabor in the Lower Galilee, two kilometers north of Kfar Tavor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam and Daburiyya.
Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam
Village
Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam is an Arab Bedouin town at the foot of Mount Tabor in Israel's Northern District. In 2023 it had a population of 6,402.
Daburiyya
Village
Photo: Gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daburiyya, also Deburieh or Dabburieh, is an Arab local council around 8 kilometres east of Nazareth in Israel's Northern District. Daburriya gained local council status in 1961.
Mount Tabor
- Categories: mountain, inselberg, and landform
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.68711° or 32° 41′ 14″ northLongitude
35.38962° or 35° 23′ 23″ eastElevation
575 metres (1,886 feet)Open location code
8G4QM9PQ+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 3663541539OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yiddish—“Mount Tabor” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “የታቦር ተራራ”
- Amharic: “ደብረ ታቦር”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Όρος Θαβώρ”
- Arabic: “جبل الطور”
- Arabic: “جبل طابور”
- Armenian: “Թաբոր լեռ”
- Basque: “Tabor mendia”
- Basque: “Tabor”
- Belarusian: “Табар”
- Belarusian: “Фавор”
- Bengali: “তাবর পর্বত”
- Breton: “Tabor”
- Bulgarian: “Тавор”
- Catalan: “Mont Tabor”
- Catalan: “Tabor”
- Cebuano: “Mount Tabor”
- Chinese: “他泊山”
- Chinese: “塔沃爾山”
- Chinese: “大博爾山”
- Croatian: “Gora Tabor”
- Czech: “Har Tavor”
- Czech: “Hora Tábor”
- Czech: “Tábor”
- Czech: “Thabor”
- Dutch: “Tabor”
- Dutch: “Taborberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل طابور”
- Esperanto: “Monto Tabor”
- Esperanto: “Monto Taboro”
- Esperanto: “Taboro”
- Finnish: “Taaborin vuori”
- Finnish: “Taborinvuori”
- French: “Mont de la Tranfiguration”
- French: “mont Tabor”
- French: “Mont Tabor”
- French: “mont Thabor”
- French: “Mont Thabor”
- French: “Thabor”
- Galician: “Monte Tabor”
- Georgian: “თაბორი”
- Georgian: “თაბორის მთა”
- German: “Berg Tabor”
- German: “Har Tavor”
- German: “Mont Tabor”
- German: “Tabor”
- German: “Verklärungsberg”
- Greek: “Όρος Θαβώρ”
- Hebrew: “Har Tavor”
- Hebrew: “הר תבור”
- Hebrew: “הַר תָּבוֹר”
- Hindi: “ताबोर पर्वत”
- Hungarian: “Tábor hegy”
- Hungarian: “Tábor-hegy”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Tabor”
- Irish: “Sliabh Thábór”
- Italian: “Monte Tabor”
- Japanese: “ターボル山”
- Japanese: “タボル山”
- Korean: “다볼산”
- Korean: “변화산”
- Korean: “타보르산”
- Ladin: “Mount Tabor”
- Ladino: “Har Tabor”
- Latin: “Itabyrium”
- Latin: “Jebel et Tur”
- Latin: “Mons Tabor”
- Latin: “Mons Thabor”
- Latin: “Mons Transfigurationis”
- Latin: “Tabor”
- Latin: “Thabor”
- Lithuanian: “Taboro kalnas”
- Macedonian: “Тавор”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Tabara”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Tabôra”
- Malayalam: “Mount Tabor”
- Malayalam: “തബോർ മല”
- Malayalam: “താബോർ മല”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tabor”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tabor”
- Norwegian: “Tabor”
- Persian: “کوه تابور”
- Polish: “Góra Tabor”
- Polish: “Tabor”
- Portuguese: “Monte Tabor”
- Romanian: “Muntele Tabor”
- Russian: “Tar-21 Тавор”
- Russian: “Гора Фавор”
- Russian: “Тавор”
- Russian: “Фавор”
- Sardinian: “Tabor”
- Serbian: “Tavor”
- Serbian: “Тавор”
- Serbian: “הר תבור”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Planina Tabor”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tabor”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tavor”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Тавор”
- Slovak: “Tábor”
- Slovenian: “Tabor, Izrael”
- Slovenian: “Tabor”
- Spanish: “Monte Tabor”
- Swedish: “Tabor”
- Tamil: “தாபோர் மலை”
- Turkish: “Tabor Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Табор”
- Ukrainian: “Тавор”
- Ukrainian: “Фавор”
- Urdu: “کوہ تبور”
- Venetian: “Monte Tabor”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Tabor”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Tabor”
- Western Frisian: “Tabor”
- Western Panjabi: “کوہ تبور”
- Yiddish: “הר תבור”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Orthodox monastery and Har Tavor Nature Reserve.
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