Moses: meaning of the name

Moses in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Moses in the Bible

• Moses, son of Amram

  774 verses · first mentioned in Exodus 2:10 · Tribe of Levi

Moses in Scripture

“Moses” appears in 784 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Exodus 2:10

  And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

• Exodus 2:11

  And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

• Exodus 2:14

  And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

• Exodus 2:15

  Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

• Exodus 2:17

  And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

• Exodus 2:21

  And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

• Exodus 3:1

  Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

• Exodus 3:3

  And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.