Moav מוֹאָב

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Moav
מוֹאָב
Transliterationmoav
Strong's numberH4124 (H4124G, H4124I, H4124H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossMoab
Occurrences181 in 158 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (33)

Moav (Hebrew מוֹאָב, Strong's H4124) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Moab”. It occurs 181 times.

Definition

H4124G: Moab

Moab = "of his father"
the nation descended from the son of Lot

Also named: mo.a.vi (מוֹאָבִי "Moab" H4125)

H4124I: (Plains of) Moab

Combined with a.ra.vah (עֲרָבָה " Plains" H6160I)
§ Moab = "of his father"
the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot

H4124H: Moab

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.19.37;
son of: Lot (H3876) and his first daughter (H3876H);
half-brother of Ben-ammi (H1151);
§ Moab = "of his father"
1) a son of Lot by his eldest daughter
2) the nation descended from the son of Lot
3) the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmoab (166), moabites (15)
BSBmoab (141), moabites (16), moab's (5), moabite (3), o moab (2), against moab (2), indeed moab (1), leading to moab (1), them (1), they (1), over moab (1), let moab (1), and 1 other rendering

Verses

Every verse with Moav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Amos

Micah

Zephaniah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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