Moriah

[ maw-rahy-uh, moh- ]

noun
  1. a mountainous region in southern Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Genesis 22:3.

  2. Also Douay Bible, Mo·ri·a. a site usually identified with Zion, where Solomon built the Temple. 2 Chronicles 3:1.

Origin of Moriah

1
Ultimately from Hebrew Mōrīyyāh, of uncertain origin and meaning

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How to use Moriah in a sentence

  • Autou de d palin anamnsteon hmin tou telous, houper heneka tosauta te kai toiauta t physei dedmiourgtai moria.

  • Halvor told her he was looking for Soria-Moria Castle, and asked whether she knew the way to it.

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  • “He is only tearing down a stretch of pine forest, and will soon be here,” and then he asked the way to Soria-Moria Castle.

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  • I had in view no other object in the Moria than I have had in other works, but used only a different method.

  • Why the Moria was published by another, we cannot tell; perhaps Badius did not like it at first.