Hebrew word · Strong's H4872

מֹשֶׁה

Môsheh · mo-sheh' · proper noun · “Moses”

In a sentence

Mosheh — Moses — the name God's deliverer was given by Pharaoh's daughter. The name means «drawn out» from water, picturing the prophet who would draw God's people out of Egypt.

Mosheh comes from a Hebrew verb meaning «to draw out.» Pharaoh's daughter named the baby because she had drawn him out of the Nile.

The name foreshadowed his mission — to draw Israel out of Egypt through the Red Sea. He becomes Israel's lawgiver and the type of the greater Prophet Jesus would be.

Strong's reference

Definition: Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

KJV usage: Moses.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Exodus 2:10 “When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”” Deuteronomy 18:18 “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.