Bible Person

Moab

Meaning: of his father · Male · 151 cross references

Moab means "of his father" and is the son born to Lot through the elder daughter after the destruction of Sodom. In the wider biblical story his name becomes attached to the Moabites, one of Israel's most important neighboring peoples east of the Dead Sea. First appears in Gen 19:37.1

AI summary: Moab matters because the biblical references connect one ancestral name to a long and influential national story. The page begins with Moab as Lot's son in Genesis, but later references expand the significance of the name through the land and people of Moab, who appear in the wilderness period, in the stories of Balak and Balaam, in conflicts with Israel, and in the contrasting mercy shown in the book of Ruth. Taken together, the cross references present Moab as both an ancestral figure and the remembered origin of a neighboring nation deeply woven into Israel's history.1

Central Figure

Moab

Meaning: of his father