מוֹאָב
mo.av
“Moab”
Definition
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and H1 (אָב); from (her (the mother's)) father;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
N:N--L
N:N--L
Occurrences
מוֹאָב appears 153 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
Let my fugitives stay with you;be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.”When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased,and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
Moab’s calamity is at hand,and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
For a fire went out from Heshbon,a blaze from the city of Sihon.It consumed Ar of Moab,the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
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