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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
Dictionary Aids

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 2 / 4 (Jdg 3:29–Psa 108:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:29 - And they struck down at that time about 10,000 Moabites H4124, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab H4124 was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was quiet for eighty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 -

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab H4124, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook Yahweh and did not serve Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - and they said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab H4124 nor the land of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. And they also sent to the king of Moab H4124, but he was not willing. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - ‘Then they went through the wilderness and around the land of Edom and the land of Moab H4124 and came to the east toward the sunrise of the land of Moab H4124, and they camped beyond the Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab H4124, for the Arnon was the border of Moab H4124.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘So now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab H4124? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 -

Now it happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the fields of Moab H4124 [fn]with his wife and his two sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. Now they came to the fields of Moab H4124 and remained there.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 -

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law and returned from the fields of Moab H4124, for she had heard in the fields of Moab H4124 that [fn]Yahweh had visited His people to give them [fn]food.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 -

So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the fields of Moab H4124. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - The young man [fn]in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the fields of Moab H4124.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - Then he said to the kinsman redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the fields of Moab H4124, has to sell the portion of the field which belonged to our brother Elimelech.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - “But they forgot Yahweh their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab H4124, and they fought against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 -

Now Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, and he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab H4124, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he [fn]inflicted punishment.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3 -

And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab H4124; and he said to the king of Moab H4124, “Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - Then he left them with the king of Moab H4124; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 -

He also struck Moab H4124, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites H4124 became servants to David, bringing tribute.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from [fn]Aram, Moab H4124, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 -

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab H4124. He also went down and struck down a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab H4124, on the mountain which is [fn]east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab H4124, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My sight and to keep My statutes and My judgments, as his father David did.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:1 -

Now Moab H4124 revolted against Israel after the death of Ahab.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 -

Now Mesha king of Moab H4124 was a sheep breeder and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5 - But it happened that when Ahab died, the king of Moab H4124 rebelled against the king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab H4124 has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab H4124?” And he said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab H4124.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 -

Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab H4124.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:18 - ‘And this is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh; He will also give the Moabites H4124 into your hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 -

Now all the Moabites H4124 heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And they summoned all who were able to [fn]put on armor and older, and they stood on the border.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - Then they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites H4124 saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - Then they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have struck down one another. So now, Moab H4124, to the spoil!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:24 - So they came to the camp of Israel. And the Israelites arose and struck the Moabites H4124. So they fled before them; and they went forward [fn]into the land, striking down the Moabites H4124.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - Then the king of Moab H4124 saw that the battle was too strong for him, so he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:20 -

And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the marauding bands of the Moabites H4124 would enter into the land in the spring of the year.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the detestable idol of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab H4124, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And Yahweh sent against him marauding bands of Chaldeans, marauding bands of Arameans, marauding bands of Moabites H4124, and marauding bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh which He had spoken by the hand of His slaves the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 -

Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab H4124, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 -

and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled in Moab H4124, and Jashubi-lehem. And the [fn]records are ancient.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:8 -

Shaharaim became the father of children in the [fn]country of Moab H4124 after he had [fn]sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 -

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the [fn]two sons of Ariel of Moab H4124. He also went down and struck down a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:2 - He also struck Moab H4124, and the Moabites H4124 became servants to David, bringing tribute.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab H4124, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 -

Now it happened after this, that the sons of Moab H4124 and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the [fn]Ammonites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - “So now, behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab H4124 and [fn]Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - When they began singing for joy and praising, Yahweh set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab H4124, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were [fn]defeated.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - Indeed, the sons of Ammon and Moab H4124 stood against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote them to destruction and to utterly eradicate them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to bring one another to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 -

“Moab H4124 is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Make a loud shout, O Philistia, because of Me!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6 -

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab H4124 and the Hagrites;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 -

“Moab H4124 is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Over Philistia I will make a loud shout.”


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