Easton's Bible Dictionary Mars Hill The Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribunal and court of morals was held. From some part of this hill Paul delivered the address recorded in Acts 17:22-31. (see AREOPAGUS.) Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) The god of war and husbandry. 2. (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light. 3. (n.) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet Mars.
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