Strong H4179מֹרִיָּה
(Mount) Moriah
- Transliteration
- môrîyâh môrîyâh
- Pronunciation
- {mo-ree-yaw'} mo-ree-yaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Moriah = "chosen by Jehovah"
Detailed definition
Mount Moriah was the site where Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.
In the biblical story
Moriah Mount
Site of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem
Mount Moriah was the site where Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.
In the Bible
Strong H4179 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- moriah2
First verses
- Genesis 22:2And 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 3:1Then 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.