H4179

מוריה

מוריה

mawarayah

Proper locative noun · From ראה (H7200) and יה (H3050)

Or מריה Môrîyâh; from H7200 and H3050; seen of Jah; Morijah, a hill in Palestine:—Moriah.

Outline

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

Usages

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.

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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.

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