Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4125
מוֹאָבִי
mo.a.vi · “Moabite”
Used 16 times across 7 books
Definition
Someone from Moab, a Moabite = "from father: what father?"
1) a citizen of Moab
2) an inhabitant of the land of Moab
Another name of mo.av (מוֹאָב "Moab" H4124G)
1) a citizen of Moab
2) an inhabitant of the land of Moab
Another name of mo.av (מוֹאָב "Moab" H4124G)
Where it appears
Deuteronomy3
Ruth7
1 Kings1
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles1
Ezra1
Nehemiah2
In the text
Deuteronomy 2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.Deuteronomy 2:29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.Deuteronomy 23:4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.Ruth 1:4And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.Ruth 1:22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.Ruth 2:2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.Ruth 2:6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:Ruth 2:21And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.Ruth 4:5Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.Ruth 4:10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
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