Môwrâd — H4174

Definition

masculine noun

a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon

1. descent, slope, steep place, hanging work, bevelled work
1. descent
2. hanging work

Usually translated as

steep place, going down, thin work

Origin

from H3381

• Derived from Yârad (H3381)

Greek equivalents

• hodós (G3598)

Occurrences

Môwrâd occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Kings (1), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1)

• Joshua 7:5 — And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down (בַּמּוֹרָ֑ד): wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
• Joshua 10:11 — And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down (בְּמוֹרַ֤ד) to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
• 1 Kings 7:29 — And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin (מוֹרָֽד) work.
• Jeremiah 48:5 — For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down (בְּמוֹרַ֣ד) of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
• Micah 1:4 — And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place (בְּמוֹרָֽד).