Quick Definition
Moab
Biblical Persons & Places
Moab
Moabite living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.19.37;
only referred to as Moab (מוֹאָב);
a son of Lot and his first daughter;
half-brother of Ben-ammi.
Moab
Moab
A location in Edom first mentioned at Gen.19.37b;
referred to as Moab or Moabite (מוֹאָב), or Moab or Moabite (מוֹאָבִי).
Moab_Plains
A location in Moab first mentioned at Num.22.1;
only referred to as Moab Plains (מוֹאָב עֲרָבָה).
Strong's Definition
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Derivation: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and H1 (אָב); from (her (the mother's)) father;
KJV Usage: Moab.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Moab = "of his father"
n pr m
1) a son of Lot by his eldest daughter
2) the nation descended from the son of Lot
n pr loc
3) the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Moab = "of his father"
the nation descended from the son of Lot
Also named: mo.a.vi (מוֹאָבִי "Moab" H4125)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מוֹאָב
môâb
BDB Definition:
Moab = of his father
1) a son of Lot by his eldest daughter (noun proper masculine)
2) the nation descended from the son of Lot (noun proper masculine)
3) the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and H1; from (her [the mothers]) father
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1155
Total KJV Occurrences: 182