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Moreh Scripture - 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?...

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Moreh in Wikipedia

Moreh is a name of a location, commonly used in the Genesis. Translators who consider the obscure elon moreh of Genesis 12:6 to be the name of a locality, render it as "the plains of Moreh". Translators who consider the term to be a sacred tree or grove, often render it "terebinth," a tree notable for its size and age in dry landscapes of the ...

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Moreh Scripture - Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land....

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Moreh Scripture - 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, in the valley....

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Moreh in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. "The plains," rather "the oaks" or "terebinths" of Moreh. Abram's first halting place in Canaan, near Shechem and Ebal and Gerizim mountains (Genesis 12:6); here he erected his first altar. "Morthia," on ancient coins, a title of Shechem, preserves the name Moreh. Under the same "oak" Jacob hid his household's idols (Genesis 35:4). Here Jos...

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Moreh in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Moreh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(teacher). 1. The plain or plains (or, as it should rather be rendered, the oak or oaks) of Moreh. The oak of Moreh was the first recorded halting-place of Abram after his entrance into the land of Canaan. Ge 12:6 It was at the "place of Shechem," ch. Ge 12:6 close to the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim. De 11:30 2. The hill of Moreh, at the f...

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Moreh in Easton's Bible Dictionary

an archer, teacher; fruitful. (1.) A Canaanite probably who inhabited the district south of Shechem, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, and gave his name to the "plain" there (Gen. 12:6). Here at this "plain," or rather (R.V.) "oak," of Moreh, Abraham built his first altar in the land of Israel; and here the Lord appeared unto him. He afterw...

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Moreh in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A plain near Shechem and Gilgal Ge 12:6; De 11:30 -2. A hill on the plain of Jezreel where the Midianites encamped Jud 7:1,12...

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Hill of Moreh in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mo'-re (gibh`ath ha-moreh, "hill of the teacher"; Codex Vaticanus Gabaathamora; Codex Alexandrinus, tou bomou tou Abor): The Hebrew moreh is derived from the verb yarah, "to teach," "to direct," and indicates one who directs, or gives oracular answers. We might therefore read "hill of the teacher," the height being associated with such a perso...

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