moses

UK /ˈməʊzɪs/ US /ˈmoʊzəz/

name 5intj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

animal, content, grown, kind

The moses basket held all the baby's blankets and toys safely in one place.

VERB + MOSES

aren't, given, kill, said, sought, supposes

They sought Moses in the desert for forty days before finding him.

MOSES + NOUN

god, grace, israelites, jesus, knowses, law, montefiore, muhammad

Moses received the law directly from God on Mount Sinai.

PREP.

after, down, from, in, on, through, up

After Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, they wandered in the desert for forty years.

ADV.

away, erroneously, erroneously

The magician erroneously moses away the rabbit from the box during the trick.

Definitions

name

The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

And the Lord came downe vpon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moſes vp to the top of the mount, and Moſes went vp.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses, / But Moses supposes erroneously, / Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As Moses supposes his toeses to be!

A male given name from Hebrew.

The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.

A surname transferred from the given name.

A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language

pseudonym for Harriet Tubman

intj

An exclamation of shock.

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And the Lord came downe vpon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moſes vp to the top of the mount, and Moſes went vp.

Wiktionary

Moses supposes his toeses are roses, / But Moses supposes erroneously, / Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As Moses supposes his toeses to be!

Wiktionary

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Tatoeba · #38979

We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Tatoeba · #644503

Moses came down from the mountain bearing divine commandments.

Tatoeba · #718409

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