Horeb

[ hawr-eb, hohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Bible.

Horeb

/ ˈhɔːrɛb /

It is so closely connected with Mount Horeb, to the north, that the two mountains really seem but one.

“There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb” (1 Kings viii, 5–9).

Here he amassed a fortune, retired and moved to Mt. Horeb in 1897.

Because of his reverent obedience at the foot of Mount Horeb.

One day Moses was keeping his father-in-law's flock near Mount Horeb, when lo!

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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