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mo.av H4124

מוֹאָב (mo.av) means “Moab” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מוֹאָב Hebrew · H4124 181 tagged occurrences in 158 verses

Pronunciation guide: mo-awb Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4124G

מוֹאָב · mo.av · Moab

Moab = "of his father" the nation descended from the son of Lot Also named: mo.a.vi (מוֹאָבִי "Moab" H4125)

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TBESH · H4124H

מוֹאָב · mo.av · 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

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TBESH · H4124I

מוֹאָב · mo.av · (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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and H1 (אָב); from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants

KJV glosses: Moab.

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How translators render H4124

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of moab 85
moab 35
the moabites 9
in moab 6
for moab 5
and moab 4
of moabs 3
of the moabites 3
on moab 3
against moab 2
moabs 2
o moab 2
so moab 2
so the moabites 2
and moabites 1
and they 1
but moab 1
concerning moab 1
indeed moab 1
leading to moab 1
let moab 1
moabite 1
moabites 1
now the moabite 1
over moab 1
the moabite 1
them 1
then moab 1
to the moabites 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of moab 102
moab 14
and moab 13
of the moabites 6
for moab 5
in moab 5
the moabites 5
that moab 3
upon moab 3
against moab 2
and the moabites 2
and from moab 1
and of moab 1
and when all the moabites 1
be unto thee o moab 1
between moab 1
concerning moab 1
for all moab 1
how hath moab 1
not the moabites 1
now therefore moab 1
over moab 1
so moab 1
so shall moab 1
surely moab 1
then moab 1
therefore shall moab 1
to thee moab 1
toward moab 1
unto moab 1
with me against moab 1
with thee moab 1

Verses containing H4124

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  1. Judges 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

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  2. Judges 3:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

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  3. Judges 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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  4. Judges 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.

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  5. Judges 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

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  6. Judges 11:18 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

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  7. Judges 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

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  8. Ruth 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.

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  9. Ruth 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

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  10. Ruth 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.

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  11. Ruth 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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  12. Ruth 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

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  13. Ruth 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

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  14. 1 Samuel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

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  15. 1 Samuel 14:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

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  16. 1 Samuel 22:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

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  17. 1 Samuel 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

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  18. 2 Samuel 8:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

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  19. 2 Samuel 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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  20. 2 Samuel 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

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  21. 1 Kings 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

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  22. 1 Kings 11:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

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  23. 2 Kings 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

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  24. 2 Kings 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

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  25. 2 Kings 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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  26. 2 Kings 3:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

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  27. 2 Kings 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”

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  28. 2 Kings 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

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  29. 2 Kings 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

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  30. 2 Kings 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.

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  31. 2 Kings 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

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  32. 2 Kings 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”

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  33. 2 Kings 3:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.

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  34. 2 Kings 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

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  35. 2 Kings 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

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  36. 2 Kings 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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  37. 2 Kings 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

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  38. 1 Chronicles 1:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

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  39. 1 Chronicles 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)

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  40. 1 Chronicles 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

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  41. 1 Chronicles 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

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  42. 1 Chronicles 18:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.

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  43. 1 Chronicles 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.

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  44. 2 Chronicles 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

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  45. 2 Chronicles 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.

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  46. 2 Chronicles 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

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  47. 2 Chronicles 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

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  48. Psalms 60:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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    Source alternate reference: 60.10

  49. Psalms 83:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

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    Source alternate reference: 83.7

  50. Psalms 108:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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    Source alternate reference: 108.10

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