Môwreh — H4176

Definition

masculine noun

Moreh, a Canaanite; also a hill (perhaps named from him)

1. Moreh = "teacher"
2. the oak tree at Shechem where Abram stopped when he first entered Canaan; close to the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim
3. the hill in the valley of Jezreel at which the Midianites were camped when Gideon attacked them

Usually translated as

Moreh

Origin

or Môreh; the same as H4175

• Same as Môwreh (H4175)

Occurrences

Môwreh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1)

• Genesis 12:6 — And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh (מוֹרֶ֑ה). And the Canaanite was then in the land.
• Deuteronomy 11:30 — Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh (מֹרֶֽה)?
• Judges 7:1 — Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh (הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה), in the valley.