H4179: מוֹרִיָּה
Môwrîyâh · pronounced mo-ree-yaw' · “(Mount) Moriah”
Definition
Morijah, a hill in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Moriah.
Word origin: or מֹרִיָּה; from H7200 (רָאָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); seen of Jah;
Extended definition
§ Moriah = "chosen by Jehovah"
the place where Abraham took Isaac for sacrifice
the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple
the place where Abraham took Isaac for sacrifice
the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4179 is translated
- moriah ×2
Bible verses with H4179 (Môwrîyâh)
Môwrîyâh appears in 2 verses.
- Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.