Hebrew word study

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

Pronounced “mo-aw-bee'

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

Translated in the King James as: (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).

Appears 16 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Deuteronomy 3×
Deuteronomy 2:11Deuteronomy 2:29Deuteronomy 23:3
Ruth 7×
Ruth 1:4Ruth 1:22Ruth 2:2Ruth 2:6Ruth 2:21Ruth 4:5Ruth 4:10
1 Kings 1×
1 Ki 11:1
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 11:46
2 Chronicles 1×
2 Chr 24:26
Ezra 1×
Ezra 9:1
Nehemiah 2×
Nehemiah 13:1Nehemiah 13:23

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