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מוֹאָבִי H4125

H4125 is the Hebrew word מוֹאָבִי, transliterated Môwʼâbîy and said mo-aw-bee'. The King James Version most often renders it moabitess.

Word: מוֹאָבִיTransliteration: MôwʼâbîySaid: mo-aw-bee'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab.

Where it comes from

feminine מוֹאָבִיָּה; or מוֹאָבִיתxlit Môwâbîyth corrected to Môwʼâbîyth; patronymical from H4124 (מוֹאָב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

moabitess 6×moabites 3×moabite 2×or moabite 1×moab 1×moabitish 1×women of the moabites 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).

Verses using מוֹאָבִי

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 2:11 · KJV

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

Deuteronomy 2:29 · KJV

(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 23:3 · KJV

An 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 1:4 · KJV

And 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 1:22 · KJV

So 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 2:2 · KJV

And 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 2:6 · KJV

And 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 2:21 · KJV

And 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 4:5 · KJV

Then 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 4:10 · KJV

Moreover 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.

1 Kings 11:1 · KJV

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

1 Chronicles 11:46 · KJV

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

2 Chronicles 24:26 · KJV

And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

Ezra 9:1 · KJV

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Nehemiah 13:1 · KJV

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

Common questions

What does Strong's H4125 mean?

H4125 is the Hebrew word מוֹאָבִי (Môwʼâbîy), meaning a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab.

How is H4125 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it moabitess (6 times), moabites (3 times), moabite (2 times), or moabite (1 time), moab (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4125 appear in the Bible?

מוֹאָבִי (Môwʼâbîy) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4125 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine מוֹאָבִיָּה; or מוֹאָבִיתxlit Môwâbîyth corrected to Môwʼâbîyth; patronymical from H4124 (מוֹאָב).

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