Word Study · Strong's H4179 · Hebrew

מוֹרִיָּה

Moriah

mo-ree-yaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Môwrîyâh

“Morijah, a hill in Palestine”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Morijah, a hill in Palestine

Rendered in the KJV as

Moriah.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔ה1
הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה1

How it is rendered · 1

the Moriah2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2

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HTd/Npl · 2

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Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 2 · 50%
2 Chronicles1 of 2 · 50%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 22:2הַמֹּרִיָּ֑הhamoriyahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”here: the Moriah

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 3:1הַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔הhamoriyahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.here: the Moriah

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