moshe · Moses

What it means

moshe (מֹשֶׁה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Moses”.

The man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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.

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×290
• Leviticus×86
• Numbers×233
• Deuteronomy×38
• Joshua×58
• Judges×4
• 1 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×4
• 2 Kings×6
• 1 Chronicles×9
• 2 Chronicles×12
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×7
• Psalms×8
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Daniel×2
• Micah×1
• Malachi×1

• Exodus 2:10

  When the child grew up, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

• Exodus 2:11

  In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

• Exodus 2:14

  He said, “Who made you a man, a ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the thing is known.”

• Exodus 2:15

  When Pharaoh heard of this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian; and he sat down by the well.

• Exodus 2:17

  But the shepherds came and drove them away. Then Moses stood up and saved them and watered their flock.

• Exodus 2:21

  Moses agreed to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

• Exodus 3:1

  Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock beyond the wilderness and came to the mountain of Elohim, to Horeb.

• Exodus 3:3

  And Moses said, “Let me turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn up.”

• Exodus 3:4

  When YHWH saw that he had turned aside to look, Elohim called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

• Exodus 3:6

  And he said, “I am the Elohim of your father, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at Elohim.

• Exodus 3:11

  Moses said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?”

• Exodus 3:13

  Moses said to Elohim, “Look, if I come to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”

• Exodus 3:14

  Elohim said to Moses, “I will be who I will be.” And he said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘Ehyeh has sent me to you.’”

• Exodus 3:15

  Elohim also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance from generation to generation.

• Exodus 4:1

  Moses answered and said, “Look, they will not believe me and will not listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘YHWH did not appear to you.’”

• Exodus 4:3

  He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.

• Exodus 4:4

  Then YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and seize it by its tail.” So he stretched out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand,

• Exodus 4:10

  Moses said to YHWH, “Please, Adonai, I have never been a man of words, either in the past or before that or since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of mouth and slow of tongue.”

• Exodus 4:14

  Then the anger of YHWH burned against Moses, and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can surely speak. And look, he is also coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

• Exodus 4:18

  Moses went and returned to Jether his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

• Exodus 4:19

  YHWH said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

• Exodus 4:20

  So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on the donkey and returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the staff of Elohim in his hand.

• Exodus 4:21

  YHWH said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your hand. But I will make his heart obstinate, and he will not let the people go.

• Exodus 4:27

  YHWH said to Aaron, “Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of Elohim and kissed him.

• Exodus 4:28

  Moses told Aaron all the words of YHWH with which he had sent him and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.

• Exodus 4:29

  Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the sons of Israel.

• Exodus 4:30

  Aaron spoke all the words that YHWH had spoken to Moses, and he did the signs in the sight of the people.

• Exodus 5:1

  Afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast for me in the wilderness.’”

• Exodus 5:4

  The king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people away from their work? Go to your burdens!”

• Exodus 5:20

  They met Moses and Aaron, who were standing to meet them, as they came out from Pharaoh.

• Exodus 5:22

  Then Moses returned to YHWH and said, “Adonai, why have you done evil to this people? Why is it that you sent me?

• Exodus 6:1

  YHWH said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

• Exodus 6:2

  Elohim spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am YHWH.

• Exodus 6:9

  Moses spoke this way to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses because of their discouragement and because of hard bondage.

• Exodus 6:10

  YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

• Exodus 6:12

  But Moses spoke before YHWH, saying, “Look, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am slow of lips?”

• Exodus 6:13

  Then YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a charge concerning the sons of Israel and concerning Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

• Exodus 6:20

  Amram took Jochebed, his aunt, as his wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred thirty- seven years.

• Exodus 6:26

  These are the Aaron and Moses to whom YHWH said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt by their armies.”

• Exodus 6:27

  They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; these are Moses and Aaron.

And 726 more times.