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Lexicon :: Strong's H4124 - mô'āḇ

Aa
מוֹאָב
Transliteration
mô'āḇ
Pronunciation
mo-awb
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and אָב (H1), from (her [the mother's]) father
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1155

Strong’s Definitions

מוֹאָב Môwʼâb, mo-awb; from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and H1; from (her [the mother's]) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants:—Moab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x

The KJV translates Strong's H4124 in the following manner: Moab (166x), Moabites (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x
The KJV translates Strong's H4124 in the following manner: Moab (166x), Moabites (15x).

  1. Moab = "of his father"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Lot by his eldest daughter

    2. the nation descended from the son of Lot

      proper locative noun

    3. the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוֹאָב Môwʼâb, mo-awb; from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and H1; from (her [the mother's]) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants:—Moab.
STRONGS H4124: Abbreviations
מוֺאָב, מֹאָב 180 proper name, of a people and territory Moab (MI1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 20 מאב; Assyrian Ma’aba, Ma’bu, Mu’âba, etc., SchrCOT Glossary, and on Genesis 19:37 DlPar. 294 f., 296; — on etymology compare LagBN 90 Anm., NeSK 1892, 573, GrayProp. N. 25); — מו׳ Genesis 19:37 + 178 times; מֹאָב 2 Samuel 8:12; Greek Version of the LXX Μωαβ; —
1. Moab as son of Lot by his elder daughter according to Genesis 19:37.
2. Moab:
a. = nation of which Lot's son is represented as ancestor Genesis 19:37; Numbers 21:29; Numbers 22:3 (twice in verse); Amos 2:1, 2; Jeremiah 48:1, + 230 times Jeremiah 4:8 + often; having a king, Numbers 21:26; Numbers 22:4, 10; Judges 3:12; 1 Samuel 12:9 +.
b. = territory of Moab Numbers 21:11, 13 (twice in verse); Numbers 21:15 +; שְׂדֵת מ׳ Genesis 36:25; Numbers 15:20; Ruth 1:1, 2, 6 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:3; 1 Chronicles 1:46; 1 Chronicles 8:8; אֶרֶץ מ׳ Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 28:69 [Deuteronomy 29:1]; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:5, 6; Judges 11:15, 18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:24, 33; מִדְבַּר מ׳ Deuteronomy 2:8; עַרְבוֺת מ׳ Numbers 22:1; Numbers 26:3, 63; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48, 49, 50; Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 34:1, 8; Joshua 13:32.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:37; 19:37; 19:37; 19:37; 36:25

Numbers

15:20; 21:11; 21:13; 21:15; 21:26; 21:29; 22:1; 22:3; 22:4; 22:10; 26:3; 26:63; 31:12; 33:48; 33:49; 33:50; 35:1; 36:13

Deuteronomy

1:5; 2:8; 29:1; 32:49; 34:1; 34:5; 34:6; 34:8

Joshua

13:32

Judges

3:12; 11:15; 11:18

Ruth

1:1; 1:2; 1:6; 1:22; 2:6; 4:3

1 Samuel

12:9

2 Samuel

8:12

1 Chronicles

1:46; 8:8

Jeremiah

4:8; 48:1; 48:24; 48:33

Amos

2:1; 2:2

H4124

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4124 matches the Hebrew מוֹאָב (mô'āḇ),
which occurs 181 times in 158 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jdg 3:29–Psa 108:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:29 - They attacked the Moabites and killed about 10,000 of their strongest and most able-bodied warriors. Not one of them escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab was conquered by Israel that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - Again the Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight. They served the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - they sent messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land. But their request was denied. Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission, but he wouldn’t let them pass through either. So the people of Israel stayed in Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - “Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab’s eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And the foreman replied, “She is the young woman from Moab who came back with Naomi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - But the people soon forgot about the LORD their God, so he handed them over to Sisera, the commander of Hazor’s army, and also to the Philistines and to the king of Moab, who fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - Now when Saul had secured his grasp on Israel’s throne, he fought against his enemies in every direction—against Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned, he was victorious.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3 - Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - So David’s parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from Edom,[fn] Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior[fn] from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions[fn] of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem,[fn] he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - For Solomon has[fn] abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of the Ammonites. He has not followed my ways and done what is pleasing in my sight. He has not obeyed my decrees and regulations as David his father did.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:1 - After King Ahab’s death, the land of Moab rebelled against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5 - But after Ahab’s death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - On the way, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you join me in battle against him?”
And Jehoshaphat replied, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - “What should we do?” the king of Israel cried out. “The LORD has brought the three of us here to let the king of Moab defeat us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - “Why are you coming to me?”[fn] Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!”
But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:18 - But this is only a simple thing for the LORD, for he will make you victorious over the army of Moab!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - Meanwhile, when the people of Moab heard about the three armies marching against them, they mobilized every man who was old enough to strap on a sword, and they stationed themselves along their border.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let’s go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:24 - But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near the king of Edom, but they failed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:20 - Then Elisha died and was buried.
Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech,[fn] the vile god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - Then the LORD sent bands of Babylonian,[fn] Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the LORD had promised through his prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who destroyed the Midianite army in the land of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 - Jokim; the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-lehem. These names all come from ancient records.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:8 - After Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara, he had children in the land of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions[fn] of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab, and the Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 - After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites[fn] declared war on Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - “And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,
and I will wipe my feet on Edom
and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6 - these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
Moabites and Hagrites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,
and I will wipe my feet on Edom
and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

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