4137. Moladah

Strong's Lexicon

Moladah: Moladah

Original Word: מוֹלָדָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Mowladah
Pronunciation: moh-lah-DAH
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-law-daw')
Definition: Moladah
Meaning: Moladah

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root יָלַד (yalad), meaning "to bear" or "to bring forth."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Moladah, as it is a specific Hebrew place name. However, Greek entries related to places or settlements might include terms like πόλις (polis, meaning "city") or χώρα (chora, meaning "region" or "land").

Usage: Moladah is a place name in the Hebrew Bible, often associated with the tribe of Judah. The name is thought to mean "birth" or "bringing forth," reflecting its possible significance as a place of origin or settlement.

Cultural and Historical Background: Moladah was a town located in the southern part of ancient Judah, near the Negev desert. It is mentioned in the context of the tribal allotments given to the descendants of Judah. The town's location in the arid region of the Negev suggests it may have been a site of strategic importance for trade routes or as a settlement for pastoral communities.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from yalad
Definition
a city in Simeon
NASB Translation
Moladah (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מוֺלָדָה, מֹלָדָה proper name, of a location town in Simeon ׳מוֺל Joshua 19:2 = 1 Chronicles 28; inhabited after exile Nehemiah 11:26; name occurs also Joshua 15:26 (where probably interpolated from Nehemiah 11:26 see Di); ᵐ5 Μωλαδα, etc.; identified by Rob^{BR ii, 201} Guérin^{Judée iii, 184 ff.} with Tel Tilµ, 4 hours east from Beersheba = Μαλαθα Jos^{Ant. xviii. 6}, 2; Μαλα(α)θων, Malatha Lag^{Onom. 214. 266. 87. 119}, see also Di

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Moladah

From yalad; birth; Moladah, a place in Palestine -- Moladah.

see HEBREW yalad

Forms and Transliterations

וּבְמוֹלָדָ֖ה וּמוֹלָדָ֖ה וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃ ובמולדה ומולדה ומולדה׃ ū·ḇə·mō·w·lā·ḏāh ū·mō·w·lā·ḏāh ūḇəmōwlāḏāh umolaDah ūmōwlāḏāh uvemolaDah

Englishman's Concordance

Joshua 15:26
HEB: אֲמָ֥ם וּשְׁמַ֖ע וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃
NAS: Amam and Shema and Moladah,
KJV: Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
INT: Amam and Shema and Moladah

Joshua 19:2
HEB: שֶׁ֥בַע וְשֶׁ֖בַע וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃
NAS: Beersheba or Sheba and Moladah,
KJV: Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
INT: Beersheba Sheba and Moladah

1 Chronicles 4:28
HEB: בִּבְאֵֽר־ שֶׁ֥בַע וּמוֹלָדָ֖ה וַחֲצַ֥ר שׁוּעָֽל׃
NAS: at Beersheba, Moladah and Hazar-shual,
KJV: at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
INT: lived Beersheba Moladah and Hazar-shual

Nehemiah 11:26
HEB: וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַ וּבְמוֹלָדָ֖ה וּבְבֵ֥ית פָּֽלֶט׃
NAS: and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet,
KJV: And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,
INT: Jeshua Moladah and Beth-pelet

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4137
4 Occurrences

ū·mō·w·lā·ḏāh — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇə·mō·w·lā·ḏāh — 1 Occ.