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
- 1 Chronicles 1:46מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabWhen 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.
- 1 Chronicles 4:22לְמוֹאָ֖ב · in MoabJokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)
- 1 Chronicles 8:8מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabShaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22מוֹאָ֔ב · 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 Chronicles 18:2 (2×)מוֹאָ֑ב · the Moabites; מוֹאָב֙ · and theyDavid also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11וּמִמּוֹאָב֙ · and Moab…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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1מוֹאָב֩After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10וּמוֹאָ֜ב · MoabAnd 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22מוֹאָ֧ב · MoabThe 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:23וּמוֹאָ֛ב · and MoabitesThe 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.
- Psalm 60:8מוֹאָ֤ב׀ · MoabMoab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- Psalm 83:6מוֹאָ֥ב · of Moab…the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
- Psalm 108:9מוֹאָ֤ב׀ · MoabMoab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- Isaiah 11:14וּמוֹאָב֙ · and MoabThey will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
- Isaiah 15:1 (3×)מוֹאָ֑ב · against Moab; מוֹאָב֙ · in Moab; מוֹאָ֖ב · in MoabThis is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
- Isaiah 15:2מוֹאָ֣ב · MoabDibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
- Isaiah 15:4מוֹאָב֙ · of MoabHeshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
- Isaiah 15:5לְמוֹאָ֣ב · over MoabMy heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Isaiah 15:8מוֹאָ֑ב · of MoabFor their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- Isaiah 15:9מוֹאָב֙ · of MoabThe waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
- Isaiah 16:2מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabLike fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- Isaiah 16:4מוֹאָ֛ב · for MoabLet 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,
- Isaiah 16:6מוֹאָ֖ב · of Moab’sWe have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
- Isaiah 16:7 (2×)מוֹאָ֛ב · let Moab; לְמוֹאָ֖ב · for MoabTherefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- Isaiah 16:11לְמוֹאָ֔ב · for MoabTherefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- Isaiah 16:12מוֹאָ֖ב · MoabWhen Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
- Isaiah 16:13מוֹאָ֖ב · MoabThis is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
- Isaiah 16:14מוֹאָ֔ב · Moab’sAnd now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Isaiah 25:10מוֹאָב֙ · But MoabFor the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
- Jeremiah 9:26מוֹאָ֔ב · MoabEgypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- Jeremiah 25:21מוֹאָ֖ב · MoabEdom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- Jeremiah 27:3מוֹאָ֗ב · MoabSend word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 40:11בְּמוֹאָ֣ב׀ · in MoabWhen all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
- Jeremiah 48:1לְמוֹאָ֡ב · Concerning MoabConcerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Jeremiah 48:2מוֹאָב֒ · for MoabThere is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
- Jeremiah 48:4מוֹאָ֑ב · MoabMoab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
- Jeremiah 48:9לְמוֹאָ֔ב · on MoabPut salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
- Jeremiah 48:11מוֹאָ֜ב · MoabMoab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
- Jeremiah 48:13מוֹאָ֖ב · Then MoabThen Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
- Jeremiah 48:15מוֹאָב֙ · MoabMoab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 48:16מוֹאָ֖ב · Moab’sMoab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
- Jeremiah 48:18מוֹאָב֙ · of MoabCome down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Jeremiah 48:20 (2×)מוֹאָ֛ב · Moab; מוֹאָֽב׃ · MoabMoab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
- Jeremiah 48:24מוֹאָ֔ב · of Moab…upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
- Jeremiah 48:25מוֹאָ֔ב · of MoabThe horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.