Moriyyah מֹרִיָּה
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| מֹרִיָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | moriyyah |
| Strong's number | H4179 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | (Mount) Moriah |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Moriyyah (Hebrew מֹרִיָּה, Strong's H4179) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “(Mount) Moriah”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
§ Moriah = "chosen by Jehovah"
the place where Abraham took Isaac for sacrifice
the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple
the place where Abraham took Isaac for sacrifice
the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | moriah (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | moriah (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Moriyyah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).