Moabite
מוֹאָבִיStrong’s H4125moavi (mo-a-vi)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Moavi is the Hebrew word usually translated “moabite” and “moabites”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.”
Meaning
- A citizen of Moab
- An inhabitant of the land of Moab
How it's translated
- the moabite 8
- moabite 4
- and the moabites 2
- and a moabite 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 7
- Deuteronomy 3
- Nehemiah 2
- 1 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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 23:3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
- 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 Bethlehem 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:
Hebrew dictionary
מוֹאָבִי moavi · Moabite
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.