מוֹאָב

mo.avMoab
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place181 occurrences21 books158 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Moab: Son of Lot, born from an incestuous relationship
  • Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan
  • Plains of Moab: Region east of the Jordan River, opposite Jericho

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: Moab.

Glossary entries

Moab, Moabites

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

181 total
  1. Genesis 19:37 (2×)מוֹאָ֑ב · Moab; מוֹאָ֖ב · of the Moabites
    The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
  2. Genesis 36:35מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    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.
  3. Exodus 15:15מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
  4. Numbers 21:11מוֹאָ֔ב · Moab
    They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
  5. Numbers 21:13 (2×)מוֹאָ֔ב; מוֹאָ֖ב · the Moabites
    From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
  6. Numbers 21:15מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab
    …even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
  7. Numbers 21:20מוֹאָ֔ב · Moab
    …and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
  8. Numbers 21:26מוֹאָב֙ · of Moab
    Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
  9. Numbers 21:28מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    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.
  10. Numbers 21:29מוֹאָ֔ב · O Moab
    Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
  11. Numbers 22:1מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  12. Numbers 22:3 (2×)מוֹאָ֜ב · and Moab; מוֹאָ֔ב · Indeed, Moab
    …and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
  13. Numbers 22:4 (2×)מוֹאָ֜ב · So the Moabites; לְמוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
  14. Numbers 22:7מוֹאָב֙ · of Moab
    The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
  15. Numbers 22:8מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
  16. Numbers 22:10מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
  17. Numbers 22:14מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
  18. Numbers 22:21מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab
    So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
  19. Numbers 22:36מוֹאָ֗ב · the Moabite
    When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
  20. Numbers 23:6מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab
    So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
  21. Numbers 23:7מוֹאָב֙ · of Moab
    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
  22. Numbers 23:17מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
  23. Numbers 24:17מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
  24. Numbers 25:1מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab
    While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
  25. Numbers 26:3מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab
    So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
  26. Numbers 26:63מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  27. Numbers 31:12מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  28. Numbers 33:44מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab
    They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
  29. Numbers 33:48מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  30. Numbers 33:49מוֹאָֽב׃ס · of Moab
    And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
  31. Numbers 33:50מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab
    On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
  32. Numbers 35:1מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab
    Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
  33. Numbers 36:13מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  34. Deuteronomy 1:5מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab
    On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
  35. Deuteronomy 2:8מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab
    So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
  36. Deuteronomy 2:9מוֹאָ֔ב · the Moabites
    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  37. Deuteronomy 2:18מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
  38. Deuteronomy 29:1מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab
    These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
  39. Deuteronomy 32:49מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
  40. Deuteronomy 34:1מוֹאָב֙ · of Moab
    Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
  41. Deuteronomy 34:5מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
  42. Deuteronomy 34:6מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
  43. Deuteronomy 34:8מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab
    The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
  44. Joshua 13:32מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab
    These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.
  45. Joshua 24:9מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab
    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
  46. Judges 3:12מוֹאָב֙ · of Moab
    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.