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.
Traditional renderings: Moab.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
181 total
- Judges 3:14מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabThe Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
- Judges 3:15מוֹאָֽב׃ · of MoabAnd again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 3:17מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab…and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
- Judges 3:28 (2×)מוֹאָ֖ב · the Moabites; לְמוֹאָ֔ב · leading to Moab“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
- Judges 3:29מוֹאָ֜ב · MoabitesAt that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
- Judges 3:30מוֹאָב֙ · So MoabSo Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
- Judges 10:6מוֹאָ֗ב · MoabAnd 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.
- Judges 11:15מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab…to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
- Judges 11:17מוֹאָ֛ב · of MoabThen 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.
- Judges 11:18 (4×)מוֹאָ֔ב · Moab; מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab; מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab; מוֹאָֽב׃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.
- Judges 11:25מוֹאָ֑ב · of MoabAre you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
- Ruth 1:1מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabIn 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.
- Ruth 1:2מוֹאָ֖ב · of MoabThe 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.
- Ruth 1:6 (2×)מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab; מוֹאָ֔ב · in MoabWhen 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.
- Ruth 1:22מוֹאָ֑ב · of MoabSo 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.
- Ruth 2:6מוֹאָֽב׃ · of MoabThe foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
- Ruth 4:3מוֹאָֽב׃ · of MoabAnd 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.
- 1 Samuel 12:9מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabBut 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.
- 1 Samuel 14:47בְּמוֹאָ֣ב׀ · the MoabitesAfter 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.
- 1 Samuel 22:3 (2×)מוֹאָ֑ב · of Moab; מוֹאָ֗ב · of MoabFrom 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.”
- 1 Samuel 22:4מוֹאָ֑ב · of MoabSo he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 8:2 (2×)מוֹאָ֗ב · the Moabites; מוֹאָב֙ · So the MoabitesDavid 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.
- 2 Samuel 8:12וּמִמּוֹאָב֙ · and Moab…from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 23:20מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabAnd 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.
- 1 Kings 11:7מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabAt 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.
- 1 Kings 11:33מוֹאָ֔ב · of the MoabitesFor 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.
- 2 Kings 1:1מוֹאָב֙ · MoabAfter the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
- 2 Kings 3:4מוֹאָ֖ב · of MoabNow 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.
- 2 Kings 3:5מוֹאָ֖ב · of MoabBut after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 3:7 (2×)מוֹאָב֙ · of Moab; מוֹאָ֖ב · MoabAnd 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.”
- 2 Kings 3:10מוֹאָֽב׃ · of Moab“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
- 2 Kings 3:13מוֹאָֽב׃ · of MoabElisha, 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.”
- 2 Kings 3:18מוֹאָ֖ב · the MoabitesThis is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
- 2 Kings 3:21מוֹאָב֙ · the MoabitesNow 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.
- 2 Kings 3:22מוֹאָ֥ב · to the MoabitesWhen 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.
- 2 Kings 3:23מוֹאָֽב׃ · Moab“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
- 2 Kings 3:24 (2×)מוֹאָ֔ב · them; מוֹאָֽב׃ · the MoabitesBut 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.
- 2 Kings 3:26מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabWhen 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.
- 2 Kings 13:20מוֹאָ֛ב · Now the MoabiteAnd Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
- 2 Kings 23:13מוֹאָ֔ב · of the MoabitesThe 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.
- 2 Kings 24:2מוֹאָ֗ב · MoabiteAnd 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.