Definition of moses Moses
/mowหzสs/ - [mowzus] - Moโขses
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| moses - (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai | ||
| moses - United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961) | ||
| Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson Moses | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- moses (n.)
A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book โต
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A flat-bottomed boat used in the West Indies for bringing off hogsheads of sugar; it is termed single or double, according to its size.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue ๐
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To stand Moses: a man is said to stand Moses when he has another man's bastard child fathered upon him, and he is obliged by the parish to maintain it.
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Moses was a leader in the Bible and is also important to the jewish religion. He was born in Egypt at a time the Egyptians were ill-treating the Israelites, whom they treated as slaves. He later led the Israelites out of Egypt to the land promised to them by God.
Early Life.
Moses was born of the Levi tribe. Although his mother had him, she is scared because the Pharaoh wanted to kill every male Israelite son in Egypt. So she floated him down a river. A princess of the Pharaoh saw him and decided to bring him up. Moses' mother was asked to be the baby's wet nurse.
When Moses grew up, he found a Egyptian beating an Israelite. He killed the Egyptian, and hid the body, but still people got to know about this. Moses had to run to the land of Midian. A priest called Jethro there gave him a place to stay and gave his daughter to him as a wife too. Moses had a son called Gershom.
The Burning Bush.
One day Moses was tending his father-in-law's sheep and came to Mount Horeb. God's angel made a bush burn with fire, but it did not burn up. When he came nearer, God spoke to him. God commanded him to be a leader for the Israelites and bring them out of Egypt. At first Moses did not want to do it and said that he was not good with words, but God commanded him and gave Aaron, his brother, to speak for him.
Moses return to Egypt and told the elders what happened. He brought his family along with him back to Egypt.
Moses and the Pharaoh.
Moses then went to the Pharaoh and asked him to let the -
Michelangelo
Moses is a statue that was made by Michelangelo. It is a statue of Moses from the Bible. The statue is unusual because Moses has horns on his head. This was one of Michelangelo's last projects.
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