מוֹאָבMôwʼâb

proper name [of a people and territory]: Moab

Pronunciation: mo-awb · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4124

Meanings

1. Moab, as son of Lot by his elder daughter (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)

b. = territory of Moab (Numbers 21:11; Numbers 21:13; Numbers 21:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 181 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:37 When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.
  • Genesis 36:35 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab.
  • Exodus 15:15 The leaders of Edom are terrified; the nobles of Moab tremble. All who live in Canaan melt away;
  • Numbers 21:11 Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.
  • Numbers 21:13 Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.
  • Numbers 21:15 and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).