Strong H6355H6355Gפַּ֫חַת מוֹאָב

Pahath-moab

One of the 3 senses of Strong H6355

Transliteration
pachath mô'âb
Pronunciation
pakh'-ath mo-awb'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.6;
father of: Jeshua (H3442I), Joab (H3097I)

Meaning of the name

Pahath-moab = "pit of Moab"

General definition

From H6354 and H4124; pit of Moab;
Pachath {Moab} an Israelite: - Pahath-moab.

In the biblical story

Pahath-moab

Group of returnees from Babylonian exile

Pahath-moab was a group of people who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile, some of whom married foreign women.

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