moav · Moab

What it means

moav (מוֹאָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Moab”.

Son of Lot by his elder daughter; also the people that came from him and its land, east of the Dead Sea.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Moab

  Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea

  The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.

  The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).

  Genesis 19:37Ruth 1:1Numbers 22:1Deuteronomy 34:5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×33
• Deuteronomy×10
• Joshua×2
• Judges×16
• Ruth×7
• 1 Samuel×5
• 2 Samuel×4
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×17
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×19
• Jeremiah×38
• Ezekiel×3
• Daniel×1
• Amos×3
• Micah×1
• Zephaniah×2

• Genesis 19:37

  The older bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of Moab to this day.

• Genesis 36:35

  Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

• Exodus 15:15

  Then the chieftains of Edom were dismayed; the mighty of Moab, trembling seized them; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

• Numbers 21:11

  And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.

• Numbers 21:13

  From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the territory of the Amorite; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite.

• Numbers 21:15

  and the slope of the brooks that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans on the border of Moab.”

• Numbers 21:20

  and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the wasteland.

• Numbers 21:26

  For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and he had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

• Numbers 21:28

  For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon; it consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon.

• Numbers 21:29

  Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.

• Numbers 22:1

  And the sons of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

• Numbers 22:3

  And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab dreaded the sons of Israel.

• Numbers 22:4

  And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green growth of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

• Numbers 22:7

  So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went, with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

• Numbers 22:8

  And he said to them, “Spend the night here tonight, and I will bring back to you word, as YHWH speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

• Numbers 22:10

  And Balaam said to Elohim, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me:

• Numbers 22:14

  And the princes of Moab rose and came to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

• Numbers 22:21

  So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.

• Numbers 22:36

  When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is at the edge of the territory.

• Numbers 23:6

  So he returned to him, and look, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and all the princes of Moab.

• Numbers 23:7

  And he took up his poem and said, “From Aram Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me, from the mountains of the east: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

• Numbers 23:17

  And he came to him, and look, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has YHWH spoken?”

• Numbers 24:17

  I see him, but not now; I gaze on him, but not near. A star shall march forth from Jacob, and a scepter shall rise from Israel, and shall shatter the temples of Moab and tear down all the sons of Sheth.

• Numbers 25:1

  Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to prostitute themselves with the daughters of Moab.

• Numbers 26:3

  Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

• Numbers 26:63

  These are those counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

• Numbers 31:12

  and they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the community of the sons of Israel the captives, the plunder, and the spoil, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

• Numbers 33:44

  They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab.

• Numbers 33:48

  They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

• Numbers 33:49

  They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.

• Numbers 33:50

  YHWH spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

• Numbers 35:1

  YHWH spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

• Numbers 36:13

  These are the commandments and the rules that YHWH commanded through Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

• Deuteronomy 1:5

  Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this instruction, saying:

• Deuteronomy 2:8

  So we passed by, away from our brothers, the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the way of the Arabah, from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

• Deuteronomy 2:9

  YHWH said to me, “Do not harass Moab or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of its land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.”

• Deuteronomy 2:18

  “You are passing today through the territory of Moab, through Ar,

• Deuteronomy 29:1

  These are the words of the covenant that YHWH commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.

• Deuteronomy 32:49

  “Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho, and see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession.

• Deuteronomy 34:1

  And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and YHWH showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan,

And 141 more times.