Word Study · Strong's H4125 · Hebrew
מוֹאָבִי
Moabi
mo-aw-bee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Môwʼâbîy
“a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
Rendered in the KJV as
(woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה2
- הַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔י1
- הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩1
- הַמּוֹאָבִֽי׃1
- הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה1
- הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑ה1
- הַמּוֹאָבִֽית׃1
- וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים1
- וְהַמּ֣וֹאָבִ֔ים1
- וּמֹאָבִ֛י1
- וּמוֹאָבִ֖י1
- מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- the Moabite [woman]6
- Moabite3
- and a Moabite2
- and the Moabites2
- Moabite [women]1
- the Moabite1
- the Moabite[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)6
- gentilic noun (a people)3
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ngfsa · 6
- HNgfpa · 3
- HC/Ngmsa · 2
- HC/Td/Ngmpa · 2
- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
- HNgfsa · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ruth7 of 16 · 44%
- Deuteronomy3 of 16 · 19%
- Nehemiah2 of 16 · 13%
- 1 Kings1 of 16 · 6%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 16 · 6%
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Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:11וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔יםvehamoavimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.here: and the Moabites
- Deuteronomy 2:29וְהַמּ֣וֹאָבִ֔יםvehamoavimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”here: and the Moabites
- Deuteronomy 23:3וּמוֹאָבִ֖יumoaviconjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.here: and a Moabite
Ruth7 occurrences
- Ruth 1:4מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹתmoaviyotgentilic noun (a people)who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,here: Moabite
- Ruth 1:22הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הhamoaviyahthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.here: the Moabite [woman]
- Ruth 2:2הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜הhamoaviyahthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.here: the Moabite [woman]
- Ruth 2:6מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙moaviyahgentilic noun (a people)The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.here: Moabite
- Ruth 2:21הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑הhamoaviyahthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”here: the Moabite [woman]
- Ruth 4:5הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הhamoaviyahthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”here: the Moabite [woman]
- Ruth 4:10הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩hamoaviyahthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”here: the Moabite [woman]
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 13:1וּמֹאָבִ֛יumoaviconjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,here: and a Moabite
- Nehemiah 13:23מוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃moaviyotgentilic noun (a people)In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.here: Moabite