Definitions for Moses
ˈmoʊ zɪz, -zɪsmoses

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1. Mosesnoun

   (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

2. Moses, Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson Mosesnoun

   United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)

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1. Mosesnoun

   The patriarch who led the slaved Jews out of Egypt, brother of Aaron and Miriam in the Book of Exodus.

   Moses supposes his toeses are roses,But Moses supposes erroneously,Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses,As Moses supposes his toeses to be! (Singin' in the Rain)

2. Mosesnoun

   The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

3. Mosesnoun

   A male given name from Hebrew.

4. Mosesnoun

   A surname.

5. Mosesnoun

   A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language

6. Mosesnoun

   pseudonym for Harriet Tubman

7. Etymology: From the Μωϋσῆς from the משה

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1. Moses

   Moses (), also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew (מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, lit. "Moses our Teacher"), is the most important prophet in Judaism. He is also an important prophet in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and a number of other Abrahamic religions. In the biblical narrative he was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah, or acquisition of the Torah from Heaven, is traditionally attributed. According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in population and, as a result, the Egyptian Pharaoh worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites. Through the Pharaoh's daughter (identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash), the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slavemaster who was beating a Hebrew, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered the Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb, which he regarded as the Mountain of God. God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak eloquently, so God allowed Aaron, his elder brother , to become his spokesperson. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died within sight of the Promised Land on Mount Nebo. Rabbinical Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391 and 1271 BCE; Jerome gives 1592 BCE, and James Ussher 1571 BCE as his birth year. Scholarly consensus sees Moses as a legendary figure and not a historical person, while retaining the possibility that a Moses-like figure existed in the 13th century BCE.

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1. moses

   Moses is a significant figure and religious prophet in several prominent global religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and many others. According to religious texts such as the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the man chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery, an event marked by the Exodus. He is also traditionally attributed as the author of the Torah and is credited for receiving the Ten Commandments from God. In historical context, Moses is considered as a lawgiver, religious leader, and prophet. Despite his importance in religious texts, there is an ongoing debate about his actual existence and the historical accuracy of the events associated with him.

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1. Mosesnoun

   a large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship

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1. Moses

   Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Qur'an, and Baha'i scripture, a religious leader, lawgiver, and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew, he is the most important prophet in Judaism; he is also an important prophet in Christianity and Islam, as well as a number of other faiths. The existence of Moses as well as the veracity of the Exodus story are disputed amongst archaeologists and Egyptologists, with experts in the field of biblical criticism citing logical inconsistencies, new archaeological evidence, historical evidence, and related origin myths in Canaanite culture. Other historians maintain that the biographical details and Egyptian background attributed to Moses imply the existence of an historical political and religious leader who was involved in the consolidation of the Hebrew tribes in Canaan towards the end of the Bronze Age. According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Children of Israel, were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might help Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed, and the child was adopted as a foundling by the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slavemaster, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered the God of Israel in the form of a "burning bush". God sent Moses back to Egypt to request the release of the Israelites. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died within sight of the Promised Land.

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1. Moses

   the great Hebrew law-giver, under whose leadership the Jews achieved their emancipation from the bondage of Egypt, and began to assert themselves as an independent people among the nations of the earth; in requiring of the people the fear of God and the observance of His commandments, he laid the national life on a sure basis, and he was succeeded by a race of prophets who from age to age reminded the people that in regard or disregard for what he required of them depended their prosperity or their ruin as a nation, of which from their extreme obduracy they had again and again to be admonished.

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1. moses

   A flat-bottomed boat used in the West Indies for bringing off hogsheads of sugar; it is termed single or double, according to its size.

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1. MOSES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Moses is ranked #887 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Moses surname appeared 39,216 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 13 would have the surname Moses.
   
   55% or 21,588 total occurrences were White.
   34.4% or 13,518 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 1,239 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.7% or 1,059 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.6% or 1,020 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 796 total occurrences were Asian.

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How to pronounce Moses?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Moses in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Moses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Moses in a Sentence

1. Henry Grube:

   There is a difference between Moses and Paul. Moses was the great Law-giver to the nation of Israel, while Paul is the great dispenser of Grace to the Church, the Body of Christ.

2. Pope Francis:

   It was also about laying bare the closed hearts, which frequently hide even behind the church’s teachings or good intentions, in order to sit in the chair of Moses and judge, sometimes with superiority and superficiality, difficult cases and wounded families.

3. Golda Meir:

   Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil

4. Hubert Nienhoff:

   Look at the ancient Greek and Roman stadiums -- they're very much in the middle of the city, but in the last 50 years, Moses Mabhiba Stadium became something that was not really integrated, they were built outside the cities. They were for people who went there perhaps once a week for an event.

5. Christian Bale:

   Moses is such an intense character that you need to have a little break from him, so we'd always 'look on the bright side of life', thinking 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'. It just helped me.

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