מוֹאָב moav

Hebrew word for “Moab” · Strong’s H4124 · used 181 times in 158 verses

Explore it in the Word Atlas

Meaning

Moab = "of his father"; the nation descended from the son of Lot; Also named: mo.a.vi (מוֹאָבִי "Moab" H4125)

Senses in the lexicon

• Moab (167)
• (Plains of) Moab (12)
• Moab (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for moav in context, with how often each is used:

• moab 180
• against moab 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 48 (29), 2 Kings 3 (11), Numbers 22 (9), Isaiah 16 (8), Numbers 21 (7), Judges 3 (7), Isaiah 15 (6), Numbers 33 (4), Deuteronomy 34 (4), Judges 11 (4)

Forms

• מואב 160
• למואב 10
• ומואב 4
• במואב 3
• וממואב 2
• ולמואב 1
• ובמואב 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with moav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עַמּוֹן ammon “Ammon” 21
• אֱדוֹם edom “Edom” 16
• עֲרָבָה aravah “Arabah” 13
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 11
• בָּלָק balaq “Balak” 10
• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 12
• אַרְנוֹן arnon “Arnon” 7
• בִּלְעָם bilam “Balaam” 8
• כְּמוֹשׁ kemosh “Chemosh” 6
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 11
• גְּבוּל gevul “border” 9
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 12

Key verses

The verses using moav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:15 — Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
• Numbers 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and…
• Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite…
• Judges 10:6 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the…
• 1 Kings 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the…
• 2 Kings 24:2 — And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them…
• Isaiah 15:1 — The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to…
• Isaiah 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every…
• Isaiah 25:10 — For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
• Jeremiah 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
• Micah 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the…
• Zephaniah 2:9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of…

See all 158 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.