Jump to: Hitchcock's • Smith's • ISBE • Easton's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary MoabSmith's Bible Dictionary Moab(of his father), Moabites. Moab was the son of the Lot's eldest daughter, the progenitor of the Moabites. Zoar was the cradle of the race of Lot. From this centre the brother tribes spread themselves. The Moabites first inhabited the rich highlands which crown the eastern side of the chasm of the Dead Sea, extending as far north as the mountain of Gilead, from which country they expelled the Emims, the original inhabitants, (2:11) but they themselves were afterward driven southward by the warlike Amorites, who had crossed the Jordan, and were confined to the country south of the river Arnon, which formed their northern boundary. (Numbers 21:13; Judges 11:18) The territory occupied by Moab at the period of its greatest extent, before the invasion of the Amorites, divided itself naturally into three distinct and independent portions:-- (1) The enclosed corner or canton south of the Arnon was the "field of Moab." (Ruth 1:1,2,6) etc. (2) The more open rolling country north of the Arnon, opposite Jericho, and up to the hills of Gilead, was the "land of Moab." (1:5; 32:49) etc. (3) The sunk district in the tropical depths of the Jordan valley. (Numbers 22:1) etc. The Israelites, in entering the promised land, did not pass through the Moabites, (Judges 11:18) but conquered the Amorites, who occupied the country from which the Moabites had been so lately expelled. After the conquest of Canaan the relations of Moab with Israel were of a mixed character, sometimes warlike and sometimes peaceable. With the tribe of Benjamin they had at least one severe struggle, in union with their kindred the Ammonites. (Judges 3:12-30) The story of Ruth, on the other hand, testifies to the existence of a friendly intercourse between Moab and Bethlehem, one of the towns of Judah. By his descent from Ruth, David may be said to have had Moabite blood in his veins. He committed his parents to the protection of the king of Moab, when hard pressed by Saul. (1 Samuel 22:3,4) But here all friendly relations stop forever. The next time the name is mentioned is in the account of David's war, who made the Moabites tributary. (2 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 18:2) At the disruption of the kingdom Moab seems to have fallen to the northern realm. At the death of Ahab the Moabites refused to pay tribute and asserted their independence, making war upon the kingdom of Judah. (2 Chronicles 22:1) ... As a natural consequence of the late events, Israel, Judah and Edom united in an attack on Moab, resulting in the complete overthrow of the Moabites. Falling back into their own country, they were followed and their cities and farms destroyed. Finally, shut up within the walls of his own capital, the king, Mesha, in the sight of the thousands who covered the sides of that vast amphitheater, killed and burnt his child as a propitiatory sacrifice to the cruel gods of his country. Isaiah, chs. (Isaiah 15,16,25:10-12) predicts the utter annihilation of the Moabites; and they are frequently denounced by the subsequent prophets. For the religion of the Moabites see CHEMOSH; MOLECH; PEOR. See also Tristram's "Land of Moab." Present condition. --(Noldeke says that the extinction of the Moabites was about A.D. 200, at the time when the Yemen tribes Galib and Gassara entered the eastern districts of the Jordan. Since A.D. 536 the last trace of the name Moab, which lingered in the town of Kir-moab, has given place to Kerak , its modern name. Over the whole region are scattered many ruins of ancient cities; and while the country is almost bare of larger vegetation, it is still a rich pasture-ground, with occasional fields of grain. The land thus gives evidence of its former wealth and power. --ED.) Easton's Bible Dictionary The seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot (Genesis 19:37), of incestuous birth.(2.) Used to denote the people of Moab (Numbers 22:3-14; Judges 3:30; 2 Samuel 8:2; Jeremiah 48:11, 13). (3.) The land of Moab (Jeremiah 48:24), called also the "country of Moab" (Ruth 1:2, 6; 2:6), on the east of Jordan and the Dead Sea, and south of the Arnon (Numbers 21:13, 26). In a wider sense it included the whole region that had been occupied by the Amorites. It bears the modern name of Kerak. In the Plains of Moab, opposite Jericho (Numbers 22:1; 26:63; Joshua 13:32), the children of Israel had their last encampment before they entered the land of Canaan. It was at that time in the possession of the Amorites (Numbers 21:22). "Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah," and "died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 34:5, 6). "Surely if we had nothing else to interest us in the land of Moab, the fact that it was from the top of Pisgah, its noblest height, this mightiest of the prophets looked out with eye undimmed upon the Promised Land; that it was here on Nebo, its loftiest mountain, that he died his solitary death; that it was here, in the valley over against Beth-peor, he found his mysterious sepulchre, we have enough to enshrine the memory in our hearts." International Standard Bible Encyclopedia AR, AR OF MOABar, mo'-ab (`ar, `ar-mo'abh; Er; Aroer or See ir): The city of Ar is named in a snatch of ancient song (Numbers 21:15), literally "the site of Ar." It is identical with "Ar of Moab" (Numbers 21:28 Isaiah 15:1). This is probably the place called the City of Moab in Numbers 22:36, where the Hebrew is `ir mo'abh. It is probably also intended by "the city that is in the middle of the valley" (Deuteronomy 2:36 Joshua 13:9, 16 2 Samuel 24:5). It lay "on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border" (Numbers 22:36). A possible identification might be the ruin noted by Burckhardt, in the floor of the valley, on a piece of pasture-land below the confluence of the Lejjun and the Mojib. Buhl however thinks that not a city but a Moabite district somewhere in the region south of the Arnon may be intended (GAP, 269). KIR OF MOAB (qir moa'-abh; Septuagint has to teichos, "the wall," "fortress"): MOAB; MOABITES mo'-ab, mo'-ab-its (Moab, mo'abh, Moabite Stone, M-'-B; Greek (Septuagint) Moab, he Moabeitis, Moabitis; Moabite, mo'abhi; Moabites, bene mo'abh): PHAATH MOAB fa'-ath, mo'-ab (Codex Alexandrinus Phaath Moab; Codex Vaticanus followed by Swete, Phthaleimoab (1 Esdras 5:11); 1 Esdras 8:31 (the King James Version "Pahath Moab"), Codex Vaticanus followed by Swete reads Maathmoab; Fritzsche in both places reads Phaath Moab): One of the families, part of which, consisting "of the sons of Jesus and Joab 2,812," went up out of captivity with Zerubbabel and Joshua (1 Esdras 5:11), and part of which, namely, "Eliaonias the son of Zaraias and with him 200 men," went up with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:31 equals "Pahath-moab" of Ezra 2:6; Ezra 8:4; (10:30); and Nehemiah 7:11 (3:11; 10:14)). As the name of a Jewish clan or family the name Phaath or Pahath Moab presents difficulties of which explanations are offered, though none is convincing. It is generally taken as "ruler of Moab," which may refer to the Israelite conquest of Moab in which this family may have distinguished itself, or it may have arisen from the settlement and incorporation of a Moabite family in Hebrew territory, or from the settlement of an Israelite family in Moabite territory (compare 1 Chronicles 4:22); or it may be the corruption of some unknown word or name. Instances of such corruption are quite common in these apocryphal Hebrew proper names. PLAIN OF MOAB In Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:8, "plain" is translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "Arabah," and explained, "the deep valley running North and South of the Dead Sea." It was here that Moses delivered his last addresses. Ususally the word is plural (`arebhoth), the "plains" or steppes of Moab (Numbers 22:1, etc.; Deuteronomy 34:1, 8). An interesting description is given in an article on "The Steppes of Moab" by Professor G. B. Gray in The Expositor, January, 1905. Greek 904. Balak -- Balak, a king of the Moabites ... of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Balak Phonetic Spelling: (bal-ak') Short Definition: Balak Definition: Balak, son of Zippor, King of Moab ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/904.htm - 6k Strong's Hebrew 6355. Pachath Moab -- a postexilic namePachath Moab. 6354, 6355. Pachath Moab. 6356 . a postexilic name. Transliteration: Pachath Moab Phonetic Spelling: (pakh'-ath ... /hebrew/6355.htm - 6k 4124. Moab -- a son of Lot,also his desc. and the territory where ... 4125. Moabi -- descendant of Moab 5963. Almon Diblathayemah -- a place in Moab 5015a. Nebo -- a city in Moab, also a mountain in Moab 6144. Ar -- a place in Moab 2773. Choronayim -- "two hollows," a place in Moab 5302. Nophach -- a city of Moab 7643. Sebam -- a place in Moab 7025. Qir Cheres -- "wall of earthenware," a fortified city in ... Library Moab is My Washpot How Joram and Jehoshaphat Made an Expedition against the Moabites ... From Kadesh to the Death of Moses. The Story of Ruth, the Gleaner The Last Words of Moses The Witness of Balaam to Israel Numbers. Upon the Character of Balaam. Preached the Second Sunday after ... Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ... Ruth, the Gleaner Thesaurus Moab (162 Occurrences)... birth. (2.) Used to denote the people of Moab (Numbers 22:3-14; Judges 3:30; 2 Samuel 8:2; Jeremiah 48:11, 13). (3.) The land of Moab... /m/moab.htm - 62k Pahath-moab (6 Occurrences) Moab's (7 Occurrences) Ir-moab (1 Occurrence) Pa'hath-moab (1 Occurrence) Plains (31 Occurrences) Ar (7 Occurrences) Kir-heres (3 Occurrences) Kirheres (3 Occurrences) Phaath Resources What is the significance of Moab in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgWhen did Moab and Ammon eventually worship the Lord (Zephaniah 2:11)? | GotQuestions.org Who were the Moabites? | GotQuestions.org Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Moab (162 Occurrences)Genesis 19:37 Genesis 36:35 Exodus 15:15 Numbers 21:11 Numbers 21:13 Numbers 21:15 Numbers 21:20 Numbers 21:26 Numbers 21:28 Numbers 21:29 Numbers 22:1 Numbers 22:3 Numbers 22:4 Numbers 22:7 Numbers 22:8 Numbers 22:10 Numbers 22:14 Numbers 22:21 Numbers 22:36 Numbers 23:6 Numbers 23:7 Numbers 23:17 Numbers 24:17 Numbers 25:1 Numbers 25:3 Numbers 25:5 Numbers 26:3 Numbers 26:63 Numbers 31:12 Numbers 33:44 Numbers 33:48 Numbers 33:49 Numbers 33:50 Numbers 35:1 Numbers 36:13 Deuteronomy 1:5 Deuteronomy 2:8 Deuteronomy 2:9 Deuteronomy 2:18 Deuteronomy 29:1 Deuteronomy 32:49 Deuteronomy 34:1 Deuteronomy 34:5 Deuteronomy 34:6 Deuteronomy 34:8 Joshua 13:32 Joshua 24:9 Judges 3:12 Judges 3:14 Judges 3:15 Judges 3:17 Judges 3:28 Judges 3:29 Judges 3:30 Judges 10:6 Judges 11:15 Judges 11:17 Judges 11:18 Judges 11:25 Ruth 1:1 Ruth 1:2 Ruth 1:4 Ruth 1:6 Ruth 1:22 Ruth 2:6 Ruth 4:3 1 Samuel 12:9 1 Samuel 14:47 1 Samuel 22:3 1 Samuel 22:4 2 Samuel 8:2 2 Samuel 8:12 2 Samuel 23:20 1 Kings 11:1 1 Kings 11:7 1 Kings 11:33 2 Kings 1:1 2 Kings 3:4 2 Kings 3:5 2 Kings 3:7 2 Kings 3:10 2 Kings 3:13 2 Kings 3:18 2 Kings 3:21 2 Kings 3:23 2 Kings 3:24 2 Kings 3:25 2 Kings 3:26 2 Kings 13:20 2 Kings 23:13 1 Chronicles 1:46 1 Chronicles 4:22 1 Chronicles 8:8 1 Chronicles 11:22 1 Chronicles 18:2 1 Chronicles 18:11 2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 20:10 2 Chronicles 20:22 2 Chronicles 20:23 Subtopics Moab: Plains of Israelites Come In Moab: Plains of Military Forces Numbered In Moab: Plains of The Israelites Renew Their Covenant In Moab: Plains of The Land of Promise Allotted In Moab: Plains of The Law Rehearsed In, by Moses Related Terms |