Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Moserah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Moserah was a wilderness station near Mount Hor, probably the same as Moseroth. The name is related to bonds or bands.
Moseroth
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Moseroth was a desert encampment of Israel during the wilderness journey. It was probably the same location as Moserah, near Mount Hor, where Aaron died and was buried.
Moses
Law & Covenant - Both
Moses was the Hebrew deliverer, lawgiver, prophet, and leader of Israel. God preserved him from Pharaoh’s decree, called him from the burning bush, used him to lead the Exodus, and gave Israel the covenant law.
MOSES, SONG OF
Worship & Prayer - Old Testament
The Song of Moses is the hymn of triumph sung by Moses and Israel after God delivered them through the Red Sea. It praises the Lord’s power and anticipates His leading of His people to His holy dwelling.
Mote
Christian Life - New Testament
A mote is a tiny splinter, particle, or piece of chaff that could enter the eye. Jesus used it to picture a small fault in another person while warning against ignoring a greater fault in oneself.
Moth
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A moth is a small insect whose larva feeds on wool and other fabrics. Scripture uses the moth’s destructive work as a picture of human frailty, decay, and the temporary nature of earthly possessions.
Mother
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Scripture gives mothers an honored place in family and society. Children are commanded to honor their mother as well as their father, and motherhood is presented as a source of nurture, counsel, grief, and comfort.
Mouldy
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
Mouldy bread in the account of the Gibeonites was likely bread that had become dry, hard, and biscuit-like. Its condition was intended to support their claim that they had traveled from a distant land.
Mount
Places & Geography - Both
A mount or mountain is a raised natural feature, either an isolated peak or part of a range. Mountains are prominent in biblical geography and often serve as places of revelation, worship, refuge, or battle.
Mount of beatitudes
Places & Geography - New Testament
The Mount of Beatitudes is the traditional name for the place in Galilee associated with Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, including the Beatitudes. Its exact location is not identified in the biblical text.
Mount of corruption
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Mount of Corruption was a part of the Mount of Olives where Solomon established high places for foreign gods, including Ashtoreth, Chemosh, and Milcom. It became a symbol of idolatrous apostasy.
Mount of the Amalekites
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Mount of the Amalekites was a hill-country settlement near Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim. It is mentioned in the account of Abdon’s judgeship.
Mount of the Amorites
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Mount of the Amorites was the hill country south of Canaan’s central highlands, associated with the Amorite inhabitants. It formed part of the region viewed by Israel’s spies and wilderness travelers.
Mount of the congregation
Prophecy - Old Testament
The Mount of the Congregation was the mythic mountain described in Isaiah 14 as the gathering place of the gods in Babylonian thought. Isaiah uses the imagery in a taunt against the pride of Babylon’s king.
Mount of the valley
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Mount of the Valley was a district east of the Jordan in the territory of Reuben. Zereth-shahar was located on or near it, though the exact site is uncertain.
Mount, Mountain
Places & Geography - Both
A mountain may refer to a single peak, a range, or an entire mountainous district. Biblical examples include Sinai, Gerizim, Ebal, Zion, Olivet, and Lebanon.
Mountain Of The Amorites
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The Mountain of the Amorites was a range rising south of Judah from the wilderness plateau. It extended across the hill country and formed part of the landscape encountered by Israel before entering Canaan.
Mourn
Christian Life - Both
To mourn is to express sorrow over death, calamity, or sin. Biblical mourning could include weeping, fasting, lamentation, sackcloth, ashes, silence, and other outward signs of grief and repentance.
Mourning
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Mourning is the public and personal expression of grief, especially after death or calamity. In biblical times it commonly included prescribed acts such as weeping, lamentation, torn clothing, fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Mouse
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
The mouse in Scripture generally denotes a small destructive rodent, especially a field-mouse or similar animal. It was considered unclean, and field-mice were associated with devastation among the Philistines.
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