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moreh


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Moreh 
  an  archer,  teacher;  fruitful.  (1.)  A  Canaanite  probably  who 
  inhabited  the  district  south  of  Shechem,  between  Mounts  Ebal  and 
  Gerizim,  and  gave  his  name  to  the  plain"  there  (Gen.  12:6). 
  Here  at  this  "plain,"  or  rather  (R.V.)  "oak,"  of  Moreh,  Abraham 
  built  his  first  altar  in  the  land  of  Palestine;  and  here  the 
  Lord  appeared  unto  him  He  afterwards  left  this  plain  and  moved 
  southward,  and  pitched  his  tent  between  Bethel  on  the  west  and 
  Hai  on  the  east  (Gen.  12:7,  8). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Moreh,  stretching