מוֹאָבִי
Môwʼâbîy · mo-aw-bee'
a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine מוֹאָבִיָּה; or מוֹאָבִיתxlit Môwâbîyth corrected to Môwʼâbîyth; patronymical from H4124 (מוֹאָב);
a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹאָבִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the moabitess5 · 31%
- but the moabites1 · 6%
- and the moabites1 · 6%
- or moabite1 · 6%
- of moab1 · 6%
- it is the moabitish1 · 6%
- women of the moabites1 · 6%
- the moabite1 · 6%
- a moabitess1 · 6%
- the moabites1 · 6%
- and the moabite1 · 6%
- and of moab1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.