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Lexicon :: Strong's H4124 - mô'āḇ

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מוֹאָב
Transliteration
mô'āḇ
Pronunciation
mo-awb
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and אָב (H1), from (her [the mother's]) father
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TWOT Reference: 1155

Strong’s Definitions

מוֹאָב Môwʼâb, mo-awb; 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:—Moab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x

The KJV translates Strong's H4124 in the following manner: Moab (166x), Moabites (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x
The KJV translates Strong's H4124 in the following manner: Moab (166x), Moabites (15x).

  1. Moab = "of his father"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Lot by his eldest daughter

    2. the nation descended from the son of Lot

      proper locative noun

    3. the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוֹאָב Môwʼâb, mo-awb; 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:—Moab.
STRONGS H4124: Abbreviations
מוֺאָב, מֹאָב 180 proper name, of a people and territory Moab (MI1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 20 מאב; Assyrian Ma’aba, Ma’bu, Mu’âba, etc., SchrCOT Glossary, and on Genesis 19:37 DlPar. 294 f., 296; — on etymology compare LagBN 90 Anm., NeSK 1892, 573, GrayProp. N. 25); — מו׳ Genesis 19:37 + 178 times; מֹאָב 2 Samuel 8:12; Greek Version of the LXX Μωαβ; —
1. Moab as son of Lot by his elder daughter according to 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 (twice in verse); Amos 2:1, 2; Jeremiah 48:1, + 230 times Jeremiah 4:8 + often; having a king, Numbers 21:26; Numbers 22:4, 10; Judges 3:12; 1 Samuel 12:9 +.
b. = territory of Moab Numbers 21:11, 13 (twice in verse); Numbers 21:15 +; שְׂדֵת מ׳ Genesis 36:25; Numbers 15:20; Ruth 1:1, 2, 6 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:3; 1 Chronicles 1:46; 1 Chronicles 8:8; אֶרֶץ מ׳ Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 28:69 [Deuteronomy 29:1]; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:5, 6; Judges 11:15, 18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:24, 33; מִדְבַּר מ׳ Deuteronomy 2:8; עַרְבוֺת מ׳ Numbers 22:1; Numbers 26:3, 63; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48, 49, 50; Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 34:1, 8; Joshua 13:32.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:37; 19:37; 19:37; 19:37; 36:25

Numbers

15:20; 21:11; 21:13; 21:15; 21:26; 21:29; 22:1; 22:3; 22:4; 22:10; 26:3; 26:63; 31:12; 33:48; 33:49; 33:50; 35:1; 36:13

Deuteronomy

1:5; 2:8; 29:1; 32:49; 34:1; 34:5; 34:6; 34:8

Joshua

13:32

Judges

3:12; 11:15; 11:18

Ruth

1:1; 1:2; 1:6; 1:22; 2:6; 4:3

1 Samuel

12:9

2 Samuel

8:12

1 Chronicles

1:46; 8:8

Jeremiah

4:8; 48:1; 48:24; 48:33

Amos

2:1; 2:2

H4124

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4124 matches the Hebrew מוֹאָב (mô'āḇ),
which occurs 181 times in 158 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Isa 11:14–Eze 25:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
and together they shall plunder the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand against Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites shall obey them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - An oracle concerning Moab.
Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone;
because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - He has gone up to the temple,[fn] and to Dibon,
to the high places[fn] to weep;
over Nebo and over Medeba
Moab wails.
On every head is baldness;
every beard is shorn;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;
their voice is heard as far as Jahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
his soul trembles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart cries out for Moab;
her fugitives flee to Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;
on the road to Horonaim
they raise a cry of destruction;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 - For a cry has gone
around the land of Moab;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim;
her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - For the waters of Dibon[fn] are full of blood;
for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
a lion for those of Moab who escape,
for the remnant of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - let the outcasts of Moab
sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them[fn]
from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:13 - This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:10 - For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,
and Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:21 - Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - Send word[fn] to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise, when all the Judeans who were in Moab and among the Ammonites and in Edom and in other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste!
Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame and broken down;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2 - the renown of Moab is no more.
In Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’
You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:4 - Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:9 - “Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:11 - “Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 - The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
wail and cry!
Tell it beside the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:24 - and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:25 - The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the LORD, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 - We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:31 - Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the LORD, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and makes offerings to his god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 - Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 - For thus says the LORD:
“Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of a woman in her birth pains;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:42 - Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people,
because he magnified himself against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - “In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,
the crown of the sons of tumult.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:47 - Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the LORD.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab and Seir[fn] said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,’

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