מֹשֶׁה
Moses
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- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
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- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
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Exodus 261 verses
- Exodus 2:10 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
- Exodus 2:11 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
- Exodus 2:14 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
- Exodus 2:15 מֹשֶׁ֑ה מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper n Proper Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 2:17 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
- Exodus 2:21 מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְ/מֹשֶֽׁה n Proper prep + n Proper Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
- Exodus 3:1 וּ/מֹשֶׁ֗ה conj + n Proper Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
- Exodus 3:3 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 3:4 מֹשֶׁ֥ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper n Proper When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."
- Exodus 3:6 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
- Exodus 3:11 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
- Exodus 3:13 מֹשֶׁ֜ה n Proper Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
- Exodus 3:14 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "I AM has sent me to you."
- Exodus 3:15 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Exodus 4:1 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
- Exodus 4:3 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
- Exodus 4:4 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
- Exodus 4:10 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
- Exodus 4:14 בְּ/מֹשֶׁ֗ה prep + n Proper The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 4:18 מֹשֶׁ֜ה לְ/מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper prep + n Proper Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
- Exodus 4:19 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."
- Exodus 4:20 מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper n Proper Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.
- Exodus 4:21 מֹשֶׁה֒ n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
- Exodus 4:27 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
- Exodus 4:28 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had charged him.
- Exodus 4:29 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 4:30 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
- Exodus 5:1 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
- Exodus 5:4 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
- Exodus 5:20 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
- Exodus 5:22 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
- Exodus 6:1 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
- Exodus 6:2 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
- Exodus 6:9 מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper n Proper Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- Exodus 6:10 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 6:12 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
- Exodus 6:13 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 6:20 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
- Exodus 6:26 וּ/מֹשֶׁ֑ה conj + n Proper These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts."
- Exodus 6:27 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 6:28 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
- Exodus 6:29 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
- Exodus 6:30 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
- Exodus 7:1 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Exodus 7:6 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
- Exodus 7:7 וּ/מֹשֶׁה֙ conj + n Proper Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
- Exodus 7:8 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Exodus 7:10 מֹשֶׁ֤ה n Proper Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
- Exodus 7:14 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
- Exodus 7:19 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
- Exodus 7:20 מֹשֶׁ֨ה n Proper Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
- Exodus 8:1 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:5 מֹשֶׁה֒ n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 8:8 לְ/מֹשֶׁ֣ה prep + n Proper Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:9 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only."
- Exodus 8:12 מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper n Proper Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
- Exodus 8:13 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
- Exodus 8:16 מֹשֶׁה֒ n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 8:20 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:25 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!"
- Exodus 8:26 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
- Exodus 8:29 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:30 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
- Exodus 8:31 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.
- Exodus 9:1 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:8 מֹשֶׁ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper n Proper Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
- Exodus 9:10 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.
- Exodus 9:11 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
- Exodus 9:12 מֹשֶֽׁה n Proper Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
- Exodus 9:13 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:22 מֹשֶׁה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 9:23 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 9:27 לְ/מֹשֶׁ֣ה prep + n Proper Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exodus 9:29 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
- Exodus 9:33 מֹשֶׁ֜ה n Proper Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
- Exodus 9:35 מֹשֶֽׁה n Proper The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
- Exodus 10:1 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
- Exodus 10:3 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 10:8 מֹשֶׁ֤ה n Proper Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?"
- Exodus 10:9 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
- Exodus 10:12 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left."
- Exodus 10:13 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- Exodus 10:16 לְ/מֹשֶׁ֣ה prep + n Proper Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.
- Exodus 10:21 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
- Exodus 10:22 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
- Exodus 10:24 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."
- Exodus 10:25 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.
- Exodus 10:29 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more."
- Exodus 11:1 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
- Exodus 11:3 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
- Exodus 11:4 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,
- Exodus 11:9 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 11:10 וּ/מֹשֶׁ֣ה conj + n Proper Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Exodus 12:1 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
- Exodus 12:21 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.
- Exodus 12:28 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
- Exodus 12:31 לְ/מֹשֶׁ֨ה prep + n Proper He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!
- Exodus 12:35 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing.
- Exodus 12:43 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it,
- Exodus 12:50 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Thus did all the children of Israel. As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
- Exodus 13:1 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 13:3 מֹשֶׁ֜ה n Proper Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:19 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
- Exodus 14:1 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 14:11 מֹשֶׁה֒ n Proper They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
- Exodus 14:13 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
- Exodus 14:15 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
- Exodus 14:21 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Exodus 14:26 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen."
- Exodus 14:27 מֹשֶׁ֨ה n Proper Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
- Exodus 14:31 וּ/בְ/מֹשֶׁ֖ה conj + prep + n Proper Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.
- Exodus 15:1 מֹשֶׁה֩ n Proper Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:22 מֹשֶׁ֤ה n Proper Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- Exodus 15:24 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
- Exodus 16:2 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
- Exodus 16:4 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
- Exodus 16:6 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
- Exodus 16:8 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
- Exodus 16:9 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.'"
- Exodus 16:11 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 16:15 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."
- Exodus 16:19 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."
- Exodus 16:20 מֹשֶׁ֗ה מֹשֶֽׁה n Proper n Proper Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.
- Exodus 16:22 לְ/מֹשֶֽׁה prep + n Proper It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
- Exodus 16:24 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn't become foul, neither was there any worm in it.
- Exodus 16:25 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
- Exodus 16:28 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Exodus 16:32 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 16:33 מֹשֶׁ֜ה n Proper Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations."
- Exodus 16:34 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
- Exodus 17:2 מֹשֶׁ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper n Proper Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"
- Exodus 17:3 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"
- Exodus 17:4 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."
- Exodus 17:5 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
- Exodus 17:6 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Exodus 17:9 מֹשֶׁ֤ה n Proper Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
- Exodus 17:10 מֹשֶׁ֔ה וּ/מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper conj + n Proper So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Exodus 17:11 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper It happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- Exodus 17:12 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
- Exodus 17:14 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
- Exodus 17:15 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh our Banner.
- Exodus 18:1 מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְ/מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper prep + n Proper Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:2 מֹשֶׁ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper n Proper Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
- Exodus 18:5 מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper n Proper Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
- Exodus 18:6 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.
- Exodus 18:7 מֹשֶׁ֜ה n Proper Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
- Exodus 18:8 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
- Exodus 18:12 מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper n Proper Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
- Exodus 18:13 מֹשֶׁ֖ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper n Proper It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
- Exodus 18:14 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"
- Exodus 18:15 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
- Exodus 18:17 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
- Exodus 18:24 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
- Exodus 18:25 מֹשֶׁ֤ה n Proper Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 18:26 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- Exodus 18:27 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
- Exodus 19:3 וּ/מֹשֶׁ֥ה conj + n Proper Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
- Exodus 19:7 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
- Exodus 19:8 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:9 מֹשֶׁ֗ה מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:10 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
- Exodus 19:14 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
- Exodus 19:17 מֹשֶׁ֧ה n Proper Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
- Exodus 19:19 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
- Exodus 19:20 לְ/מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶֽׁה prep + n Proper n Proper Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
- Exodus 19:21 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
- Exodus 19:23 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
- Exodus 19:25 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
- Exodus 20:19 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
- Exodus 20:20 מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
- Exodus 20:21 וּ/מֹשֶׁה֙ conj + n Proper The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
- Exodus 20:22 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
- Exodus 24:1 מֹשֶׁ֨ה n Proper He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
- Exodus 24:2 מֹשֶׁ֤ה n Proper Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."
- Exodus 24:3 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
- Exodus 24:4 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 24:6 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
- Exodus 24:8 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
- Exodus 24:9 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
- Exodus 24:12 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."
- Exodus 24:13 מֹשֶׁ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper n Proper Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.
- Exodus 24:15 מֹשֶׁ֖ה n Proper Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
- Exodus 24:16 מֹשֶׁ֛ה n Proper The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
- Exodus 24:18 מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper n Proper Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- Exodus 25:1 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:11 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:17 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:22 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:34 מֹשֶׁ֜ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight;
- Exodus 31:1 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 31:12 מֹשֶׁ֥ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 31:18 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.
- Exodus 32:1 מֹשֶׁ֖ה מֹשֶׁ֣ה n Proper n Proper When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."
- Exodus 32:7 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
- Exodus 32:9 מֹשֶׁ֑ה n Proper Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and, behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
- Exodus 32:11 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:15 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
- Exodus 32:17 מֹשֶׁ֔ה n Proper When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
- Exodus 32:19 מֹשֶׁ֗ה n Proper It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
- Exodus 32:21 מֹשֶׁה֙ n Proper Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
About this entry
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At its core, משה (Môsheh) means “Moses.” First canonically at Exodus 2:10, it enters the text early. With 703 verses in 19 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Exodus (37% of all occurrences). Dig into 703-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4872 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 703
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 703 distinct verses.
- 19 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 19 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #64
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 64 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 703 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 703 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 591 verses · 84%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 72 verses · 10%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 40 verses · 6%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Moses 704×, Moses' 15×, Against moses 11×
- American Standard Version: Moses 700×, Against moses 12×, Came to pass 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Moses 690×, Him 11×, Moses’ 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Moses 760×, Against moses 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4872 across 766 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4872 across 762 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4872 across 749 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 17 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4872 across 768 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 2 senses BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Moses = "drawn"
- the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus
Word origin
n.pr.m. Moses, the great Hebrew leader, prophet and lawgiver (prob. = Egyptian mes, mesu, child, son, EbGS 539, cf. Di Ex 2:10, where see also older (abandoned) etymol.);—מ׳ Ex 2:10 + מֹשֶׁ֑ה v 15 +; name occurs 706 times in Hex (Ex. 290 times, Lv. 86 times, Nu. 233 times, Dt. 38 times, Jos. 59 times), Ju. 4 times + 18:30 where read מֹשֶׁה for מְנַשֶּׁה (cf. GFM); 1 S 12:6, 8,. Kings 10 times, Mi 6:4; Je 15:1; Is 63:11, 12; Mal 3:22 ψ 77:21 + 7 times; Chr. 3 times, Dn 9:11, 13;—Moses was son of Amram and Jochebed Ex 6:20 Nu 26:59 (both P), 1 Ch 5:29; 23:13; of tribe of Levi Ex 2:1 (E; cf. also foregoing); (younger) brother of Aaron 4:14 (J), 7:1, 2, 7 (P), etc., and brother of Miriam Nu 26:59 (P), 1 Ch 5:29 (cf. Ex 15:20 E); called prophet Dt 18:15, 18; 34:10; agent by whom י׳ gave law Ex 20:19, 20, 21, 22 (E) +; especially P (כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י׳ אֶת־מ׳, etc.), Ex 39:1, 5, 7, 21, 26, 29, 31; 40:19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 32 Lv 7:38; 8:9, 13, 17, 27, 29 + often; lawgiver Dt 33:4; Jos 1:7, 13 (D) +; priest, מ׳ וְאַהֲרֹן בְּכֹהֲנָיו ψ 99:6. Phrases are—(עַבְדּוֹ, עַבְדִּי, etc.) מ׳ עֶבֶד י׳ Ex 14:31 (J), Nu 12:7 (E), Dt 34:5 (JE), Jos 1:1 (D) + 15 times Jos. (D); 1 K 8:53, 56; 2 K 18:12; 21:8; Mal 3:22; 2 Ch 1:3; 24:6; Ne 1:8; 9:14 ψ 105:26; מ׳ עֶבֶד אלהים 1 Ch 6:34; 24:9 Ne 10:30 Dn 9:11; מ׳ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים Ezr 3:2 ψ 90:1; תּוֹרַת מ׳ Jos 8:32 (D), 1 K 2:3; 2 K 23:25; Mal 3:22; 2 Ch 23:18; 30:16; Ezr 3:2; 7:6; Dn 9:11, 13; סֵפֶר מ׳ 2 Ch 25:4; 35:12; Ne 13:1; סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מ׳ Jos 8:31 (D), 23:6 (D), 2 K 14:6; Ne 8:1.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from משה (mâshâh) (H4871) — to draw.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
משֶׁה
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Moses,
- 1. the law-giver, often מ׳ רַבֵּינוּ M. our teacher. Ber. 3ᵇ. Sot. 12ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Y. Taan. IV, beg. 67ᵇ, a. e. מ׳ דאנא וכ׳ by Moses, I will look (at the priests) and not be diverted. Y. Dem. IV, 24ᵃ top בדֵין הוא מימר מ׳ דאנא וכ׳ will he (R. Ḥaggai) in this case, too, say, by Moses, I know the reason? Said he, by M. &c.; a. fr.—Bets. 38ᵇ מ׳ שפיר קאמרית by Moses, art thou right? (Rashi).—Trnsf. great scholar (that thou art)!, (mostly ironically). Ḥull. 93ᵃ. Sabb. 101ᵇ מ׳ שפיר קאמרת great scholar, art thou really right?; Bets. l. c. (v. supra); a. fr.
- 2. M. Bar ‘Atsri, father of R. Huna. B. Bath. 174ᵇ מ׳ בר עצרי (Ms. M. עצורי); Arakh. 23ᵃ
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 47 distinct written forms H4872 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Daniel 9:13 | 124 |
| מֹשֶׁ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 3:4 | 102 |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:10 | 83 |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 1:1 | 71 |
| מֹשֶֽׁה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:8 | 68 |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 29:1 | 53 |
| מֹשֶׁ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:1 | 47 |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Daniel 9:11 | 42 |
| מֹשֶׁ֜ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:7 | 38 |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 29:2 | 35 |
| מֹשֶׁ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 7:10 | 18 |
| מֹשֶׁ֧ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:5 | 13 |
| מֹשֶׁ֨ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 7:20 | 11 |
| מֹשֶׁה֒ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 4:21 | 8 |
| מֹשֶׁה֮ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 5:1 | 4 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 6:26 | 3 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁה֙ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 7:7 | 3 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 8:8 | 3 |
| מֹשֶׁה֩ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 15:1 | 3 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:3 | 2 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:7 | 2 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 11:10 | 2 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 19:3 | 2 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 18:1 | 2 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 4:18 | 2 |
| לְ/מֹשֶֽׁה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 2:21 | 2 |
| מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 99:6 | 2 |
| בְ/מֹשֶֽׁה | Noun, Proper | Numbers 12:8 | 1 |
| בְּ/מֹשֶׁ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Numbers 12:1 | 1 |
| בְּ/מֹשֶׁ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 4:14 | 1 |
| בְּ/מֹשֶׁה֙ | Noun, Proper | Numbers 12:2 | 1 |
| וּ/בְ/מֹשֶׁ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 14:31 | 1 |
| וּ/בְ/מֹשֶׁה֒ | Noun, Proper | Numbers 21:5 | 1 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Numbers 14:44 | 1 |
| וּ/מֹשֶׁה֩ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 33:7 | 1 |
| כְּ/מֹשֶׁ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:10 | 1 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 103:7 | 1 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 19:20 | 1 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Leviticus 8:29 | 1 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֨ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 12:31 | 1 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁ֪ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 90:1 | 1 |
| לְ/מֹשֶׁה֙ | Noun, Proper | Numbers 16:15 | 1 |
| לְ֝/מֹשֶׁ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 106:32 | 1 |
| לְ֭/מֹשֶׁה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 106:16 | 1 |
| מֹ֠שֶׁה | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 14:6 | 1 |
| מֹשֶׁ֡ה | Noun, Proper | Numbers 32:33 | 1 |
| מֹשֶׁה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 9:22 | 1 |
Same root — word family
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Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, "son;" hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years before the birth of Moses. Some centuries before Joseph, Egypt had been conquered by a pastoral Semitic race from Asia, the Hyksos, who brought into cruel subjection the native Egyptians, who were an African race. Jacob and his retinue were accustomed to a shepherd's life, and on their arrival in Egypt were received with favour by the king, who assigned them the "best of the land", the land of Goshen, to dwell in. The Hyksos or "shepherd" king who thus showed favour to Joseph and his family was in all probability the Pharaoh Apopi (or Apopis).
Thus favoured, the Israelites began to "multiply exceedingly" (Gen. 47:27), and extended to the west and south. At length the supremacy of the Hyksos came to an end. The descendants of Jacob were allowed to retain their possession of Goshen undisturbed, but after the death of Joseph their position was not so favourable. The Egyptians began to despise them, and the period of their "affliction" (Gen. 15:13) commenced. They were sorely oppressed. They continued, however, to increase in numbers, and "the land was filled with them" (Ex. 1:7). The native Egyptians regarded them with suspicion, so that they felt all the hardship of a struggle for existence.
In process of time "a king [probably Seti I.] arose who knew not Joseph" (Ex. 1:8). (See PHARAOH.) The circumstances of the country were such that this king thought it necessary to weaken his Israelite subjects by oppressing them, and by degrees reducing their number. They were accordingly made public slaves, and were employed in connection with his numerous buildings, especially in the erection of store-cities, temples, and palaces. The children of Israel were made to serve with rigour. Their lives were made bitter with hard bondage, and "all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour" (Ex. 1:13, 14). But this cruel oppression had not the result expected of reducing their number. On the contrary, "the more the Egyptians afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew" (Ex. 1:12).
The king next tried, through a compact secretly made with the guild of midwives, to bring about the destruction of all the Hebrew male children that might be born. But the king's wish was not rigorously enforced; the male children were spared by the midwives, so that "the people multiplied" more than ever. Thus baffled, the king issued a public proclamation calling on the people to put to death all the Hebrew male children by casting them into the river (Ex. 1:22). But neither by this edict was the king's purpose effected.
One of the Hebrew households into which this cruel edict of the king brought great alarm was that of Amram, of the family of the Kohathites (Ex. 6:16-20), who with his wife Jochebed and two children, Miriam, a girl of perhaps fifteen years of age, and Aaron, a boy of three years, resided in or near Memphis, the capital city of that time. In this quiet home a male child was born (B.C. 1571). His mother concealed him in the house for three months from the knowledge of the civic authorities. But when the task of concealment became difficult, Jochebed contrived to bring her child under the notice of the daughter of the king by constructing for him an ark of bulrushes, which she laid among the flags which grew on the edge of the river at the spot where the princess was wont to come down and bathe. Her plan was successful. The king's daughter "saw the child; and behold the child wept." The princess (see PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER ) sent Miriam, who was standing by, to fetch a nurse. She went and brought the mother of the child, to whom the princess said, "Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages." Thus Jochebed's child, whom the princess called "Moses", i.e., "Saved from the water" (Ex. 2:10), was ultimately restored to her.
As soon as the natural time for weaning the child had come, he was transferred from the humble abode of his father to the royal palace, where he was brought up as the adopted son of the princess, his mother probably accompanying him and caring still for him. He grew up amid all the grandeur and excitement of the Egyptian court, maintaining, however, probably a constant fellowship with his mother, which was of the highest importance as to his religious belief and his interest in his "brethren." His education would doubtless be carefully attended to, and he would enjoy all the advantages of training both as to his body and his mind. He at length became "learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians" (Acts 7:22). Egypt had then two chief seats of learning, or universities, at one of which, probably that of Heliopolis, his education was completed. Moses, being now about twenty years of age, spent over twenty more before he came into prominence in Bible history. These twenty years were probably spent in military service. There is a tradition recorded by Josephus that he took a lead in the war which was then waged between Egypt and Ethiopia, in which he gained renown as a skilful general, and became "mighty in deeds" (Acts 7:22).
After the termination of the war in Ethiopia, Moses returned to the Egyptian court, where he might reasonably have expected to be loaded with honours and enriched with wealth. But "beneath the smooth current of his life hitherto, a life of alternate luxury at the court and comparative hardness in the camp and in the discharge of his military duties, there had lurked from childhood to youth, and from youth to manhood, a secret discontent, perhaps a secret ambition. Moses, amid all his Egyptian surroundings, had never forgotten, had never wished to forget, that he was a Hebrew." He now resolved to make himself acquainted with the condition of his countrymen, and "went out unto his brethren, and looked upon their burdens" (Ex. 2:11). This tour of inspection revealed to him the cruel oppression and bondage under which they everywhere groaned, and could not fail to press on him the serious consideration of his duty regarding them. The time had arrived for his making common cause with them, that he might thereby help to break their yoke of bondage. He made his choice accordingly (Heb. 11:25-27), assured that God would bless his resolution for the welfare of his people. He now left the palace of the king and took up his abode, probably in his father's house, as one of the Hebrew people who had for forty years been suffering cruel wrong at the hands of the Egyptians.
He could not remain indifferent to the state of things around him, and going out one day among the people, his indignation was roused against an Egyptian who was maltreating a Hebrew. He rashly lifted up his hand and slew the Egyptian, and hid his body in the sand. Next day he went out again and found two Hebrews striving together. He speedily found that the deed of the previous day was known. It reached the ears of Pharaoh (the "great Rameses," Rameses II.), who "sought to slay Moses" (Ex. 2:15). Moved by fear, Moses fled from Egypt, and betook himself to the land of Midian, the southern part of the peninsula of Sinai, probably by much the same route as that by which, forty years afterwards, he led the Israelites to Sinai. He was providentially led to find a new home with the family of Reuel, where he remained for forty years (Acts 7:30), under training unconsciously for his great life's work.
Suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the burning bush (Ex. 3), and commissioned him to go down to Egypt and "bring forth the children of Israel" out of bondage. He was at first unwilling to go, but at length he was obedient to the heavenly vision, and left the land of Midian (4:18-26). On the way he was met by Aaron (q.v.) and the elders of Israel (27-31). He and Aaron had a hard task before them; but the Lord was with them (ch. 7-12), and the ransomed host went forth in triumph. (See EXODUS.) After an eventful journey to and fro in the wilderness, we see them at length encamped in the plains of Moab, ready to cross over the Jordan into the Promised Land. There Moses addressed the assembled elders (Deut. 1:1-4; 5:1-26:19; 27:11-30:20), and gives the people his last counsels, and then rehearses the great song (Deut. 32), clothing in fitting words the deep emotions of his heart at such a time, and in review of such a marvellous history as that in which he had acted so conspicious a part. Then, after blessing the tribes
(33), he ascends to "the mountain of Nebo (q.v.), to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho" (34:1), and from thence he surveys the land. "Jehovah shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar" (Deut. 34:2-3), the magnificient inheritance of the tribes of whom he had been so long the leader; and there he died, being one hundred and twenty years old, according to the word of the Lord, and was buried by the Lord "in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor" (34:6). The people mourned for him during thirty days.
Thus died "Moses the man of God" (Deut. 33:1; Josh. 14:6). He was distinguished for his meekness and patience and firmness, and "he endured as seeing him who is invisible." "There arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, and in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel" (Deut. 34:10-12).
The name of Moses occurs frequently in the Psalms and Prophets as the chief of the prophets.
In the New Testament he is referred to as the representative of the law and as a type of Christ (John 1:17; 2 Cor. 3:13-18; Heb. 3:5, 6). Moses is the only character in the Old Testament to whom Christ likens himself (John 5:46; comp. Deut. 18:15, 18, 19; Acts 7:37). In Heb. 3:1-19 this likeness to Moses is set forth in various particulars.
In Jude 1:9 mention is made of a contention between Michael and the devil about the body of Moses. This dispute is supposed to have had reference to the concealment of the body of Moses so as to prevent idolatry.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(Heb. Mosheh, "drawn," i.e. from the water; in the Coptic it means "saved from the water"), the legislator of the Jewish people, and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. The immediate pedigree of Moses is as follows: Levi was the father of: Gershon-- Kohath-- Merari Kohath was the father of: Amram = Jochebed Amram = Jochebed was the father of: Hur = Miriam-- Aaron = Elisheba-- Moses = Zipporah Aaron = Elisheba was the father of: Nadab-- Abihu-- Eleazar-- Ithamar Eleazar was the father of: Phineas Moses = Zipporah was the father of: Gershom-- Eliezer Gershom was the father of: Jonathan The history of Moses naturally divides itself into three periods of 40 years each. Moses was born at Goshen, In Egypt, B.C. 1571. The story of his birth is thoroughly Egyptian in its scene. His mother made extraordinary efforts for his preservation from the general destruction of the male children of Israel. For three months the child was concealed in the house. Then his mother placed him in a small boat or basket of papyrus, closed against the water by bitumen. This was placed among the aquatic vegetation by the side of one of the canals of the Nile. The sister lingered to watch her brother's fate. The Egyptian princess, who, tradition says, was a childless wife, came down to bathe in the sacred river. Her attendant slaves followed her. She saw the basket in the flags, and despatched divers, who brought it. It was opened, and the cry of the child moved the princess to compassion. She determined to rear it as her own. The sister was at hand to recommend a Hebrew nurse, the child's own mother. here was the first part of Moses' training,--a training at home in the true religion, in faith in God, in the promises to his nation, in the life of a saint,--a training which he never forgot, even amid the splendors and gilded sin of Pharaoh's court. The child was adopted by the princess. From this time for many years Moses must be considered as an Egyptian. In the Pentateuch this period is a blank, but in the New Testament he is represented as "learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians," and as "mighty in words and deeds." (Acts 7:22) this was the second part of Moses' training. The second period of Moses' life began when he was forty years old. Seeing the sufferings of his people, Moses determined to go to them as their helper, and made his great life-choice, "choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt." (Hebrews 11:25,26) Seeing an Israelite suffering the bastinado from an Egyptian, and thinking that they were alone, he slew the Egyptian, and buried the corpse in the sand. But the people soon showed themselves unfitted as yet to obtain their freedom, nor was Moses yet fitted to be their leader. He was compelled to leave Egypt when the slaying of the Egyptian became known, and he fled to the land of Midian, in the southern and southeastern part of the Sinai peninsula. There was a famous well ("the well,") (Exodus 2:15) surrounded by tanks for the watering of the flocks of the Bedouin herdsmen. By this well the fugitive seated himself and watched the gathering of the sheep. There were the Arabian shepherds, and there were also seven maidens, whom the shepherds rudely drove away from the water. The chivalrous spirit which had already broken forth in behalf of his oppressed countrymen broke forth again in behalf of the distressed maidens. They returned unusually soon to their father, Jethro, and told him of their adventure. Moses, who up to this time had been "an Egyptian," (Exodus 2:19) now became for a time an Arabian. He married Zipporah, daughter of his host, to whom he also became the slave and shepherd. (Exodus 2:21; 3:1) Here for forty years Moses communed with God and with nature, escaping from the false ideas taught him in Egypt, and sifting out the truths that were there. This was the third process of his training for his work; and from this training he learned infinitely more than from Egypt. Stanely well says, after enumerating what the Israelites derived from Egypt, that the contrast was always greater than the likeness. This process was completed when God met him on Horeb, appearing in a burning bush, and, communicating with him, appointed him to be the leader and deliverer of his people. Now begins the third period of forty years in Moses' life. He meets Aaron, his next younger brother, whom God permitted to be the spokesman, and together they return to Goshen in Egypt. From this time the history of Moses is the history of Israel for the next forty years. Aaron spoke and acted for Moses, and was the permanent inheritor of the sacred staff of power. But Moses was the inspiring soul behind. he is incontestably the chief personage of the history, in a sense in which no one else is described before or since. He was led into a closer communion with the invisible world than was vouchsafed to any other in the Old Testament. There are two main characters in which he appears--as a leader and as a prophet. (1) As a leader, his life divides itself into the three epochs--the march to Sinai; the march from Sinai to Kadesh; and the conquest of the transjordanic kingdoms. On approaching Palestine the office of the leader becomes blended with that of the general or the conqueror. By Moses the spies were sent to explore the country. Against his advice took place the first disastrous battle at hormah. To his guidance is ascribed the circuitous route by which the nation approached Palestine from the east, and to his generalship the two successful campaigns in which Sihon and Og were defeated. The narrative is told so briefly that we are in danger of forgetting that at this last stage of his life Moses must have been as much a conqueror and victorious soldier as was Joshua. (2) His character as a prophet is, from the nature of the case, more distinctly brought out. He is the first as he is the greatest example of a prophet in the Old Testament. His brother and sister were both endowed with prophetic gifts. The seventy elders, and Eldad and Medad also, all "prophesied." (Numbers 11:25-27) But Moses rose high above all these. With him the divine revelations were made "mouth to mouth." (Numbers 12:8) Of the special modes of this more direct communication, four great examples are given, corresponding to four critical epochs in his historical career. (a) The appearance of the divine presence in the flaming acacia tree. (Exodus 3:2-6) (b) In the giving of the law from Mount Sinai, the outward form of the revelation was a thick darkness as of a thunder-cloud, out of which proceeded a voice. (Exodus 19:19; 20:21) on two occasions he is described as having penetrated within the darkness. (Exodus 24:18; 34:28) (c) It was nearly at the close of these communications in the mountains of Sinai that an especial revelation of God was made to him personally. (Exodus 33:21,22; 34:5,6,7) God passed before him. (d) The fourth mode of divine manifestation was that which is described as beginning at this juncture, and which was maintained with more or less continuity through the rest of his career. (Exodus 33:7) It was the communication with God in the tabernacle from out the pillar of cloud and fire. There is another form of Moses' prophetic gift, viz., the poetical form of composition which characterizes the Jewish prophecy generally. These poetical utterances are--
+ "The song which Moses and the children of Israel sung" (after the passage of the Red Sea). (Exodus 15:1-19) + A fragment of the war-song against Amalek. (Exodus 17:16) + A fragment of lyrical burst of indignation. (Exodus 32:18) + The fragments of war-songs, probably from either him or his immediate prophetic followers, in (Numbers 21:14,15,27-30) preserved in the "book of the wars of Jehovah," (Numbers 21:14) and the address to the well. ch. (Numbers 21:14) and the address to the well. ch. (Numbers 21:16,17,18) + The song of Moses, (32:1-43) setting forth the greatness and the failings of Israel. + The blessing of Moses on the tribes, (33:1-29) + The 90th Psalm, "A prayer of Moses, the man of God." The title, like all the titles of the psalms, is of doubtful authority, and the psalm has often been referred to a later author. Character .--The prophetic office of Moses can only be fully considered in connection with his whole character and appearance. (Hosea 12:13) He was in a sense peculiar to himself the founder and representative of his people; and in accordance with this complete identification of himself with his nation is the only strong personal trait which we are able to gather from his history. (Numbers 12:3) The word "meek" is hardly an adequate reading of the Hebrew term, which should be rather "much enduring." It represents what we should now designate by the word "disinterested." All that is told of him indicates a withdrawal of himself, a preference of the cause of his nation to his own interests, which makes him the most complete example of Jewish patriotism. (He was especially a man of prayer and of faith, of wisdom, courage and patience.) In exact conformity with his life is the account of his end. The book of Deuteronomy describes, and is, the long last farewell of the prophet to his people. This takes place on the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year of the wanderings, in the plains of Moab. (1:3,5) Moses is described as 120 years of age, but with his sight and his freshness of strength unabated. (34:7) Joshua is appointed his successor. The law is written out and ordered to be deposited in the ark. ch. 31. The song and the blessing of the tribes conclude the farewell. chs. 32,33. And then comes the mysterious close. He is told that he is to see the good land beyond the Jordan, but not to possess it himself. He ascends the mount of Pisgah and stands on Nebo, one of its summits, and surveys the four great masses of Palestine west of the Jordan, so far as it can be discerned from that height. The view has passes into a proverb for all nations. "So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah. And he buried him in a 'ravine' in the land of Moab, 'before' Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day... And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days." (34:5,6,8) This is all that is said in the sacred record. (This burial was thus hidden probably-- (1) To preserve his grave from idolatrous worship or superstitious reverence; and (2) Because it may be that God did not intend to leave his body to corruption, but to prepare it, as he did the body of Elijah, so that Moses could in his spiritual body meet Christ, together with Elijah, on the mount of transfiguration.) Moses is spoken of as a likeness of Christ; and as this is a point of view which has been almost lost in the Church, compared with the more familiar comparisons of Christ to Adam, David, Joshua, and yet has as firm a basis in fact as any of them, it may be well to draw it out in detail.
(1) Moses is, as it would seem, the only character of the Old Testament to whom Christ expressly likens himself: "Moses wrote of me." (John 5:46) It suggests three main points of likeness: (a) Christ was, like Moses, the great prophet of the people--the last, as Moses was the first. (b) Christ, like Moses, is a lawgiver: "Him shall ye hear." (c) Christ, like Moses, was a prophet out of the midst of the nation, "from their brethren." As Moses was the entire representative of his people, feeling for them more than for himself, absorbed in their interests, hopes and fears, so, with reverence be it said, was Christ. (2) In (Hebrews 3:1-19; 12:24-29; Acts 7:37) Christ is described, though more obscurely, as the Moses of the new dispensation--as the apostle or messenger or mediator of God to the people--as the controller and leader of the flock or household of God. (3) The details of their lives are sometimes, though not often, compared. (Acts 7:24-28; 35) In (Jude 1:9) is an allusion to an altercation between Michael and Satan over the body of Moses. It probably refers to a lost apocryphal book, mentioned by Origen, called the "Ascension" or "Assumption of Moses." Respecting the books of Moses, see Pentateuch, The.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
taken out; drawn forth
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 667 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 703 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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- Exodus 2:10
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:1
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:16
- 1 Samuel 12:6
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 14:6
- 1 Chronicles 6:3
- 2 Chronicles 1:3
- Ezra 3:2
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