a range of hills in Palestine, extending N.W. from the plain of Esdrælon, and ending in a promontory which forms the Bay of Acre. The whole range extends about 18 miles, and its greatest elevation is about 15,000 feet. It is of limestone formation, and received its name from the luxuriant verdure with which it is clothed, especially in spring. In its sides are numerous caverns, to which the prophets used to retreat; but it is principally celebrated for the sacrifice which Elijah offered up there in antagonism to the priests of Baal. On the traditional site of Elijah's altar there appears to have been a temple, which was once the retreat of Pythagoras, and contained an oracle where Vespasian consulted the God of Carmel. The summit is now crowned by a convent belonging to the Carmelites, and in the cave of Elijah lower down is a Moslem sanctuary. There was another Carmel (Josh. xv. 55) near Hebron.