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Moses
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moses Móses Moyses
English
Etymology
From en la Mōsēs, from en grc Μωσῆς, from earlier grc Μωυσῆς, from en hbo מֹשֶׁה mōšê. Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from en egy msj ms-s to give birth to egy msj, a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains en egy mw N35A water egy mw.
Pronunciation
en /ˈməʊzɪz/ /-zɪs/ RP
en /ˈmoʊzəs/ /-zəz/ GA
en En-us-Moses.ogg GA
en əʊzɪz əʊzɪs 2
en Mos es
Proper noun
en Q9077en biblical character 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.
Exodus 19 20 157 1 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.
1952 Singin' in the Rain: Moses supposes (a song):
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!
en male Hebrew.
en Bill Gladstone The oldest family in the world w:Jewish Telegraphic Agency https://www.jta.org/2004/10/24/lifestyle/the-oldest-family-in-the-world 2004-10-24 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260226170126/https://www.jta.org/2004/10/24/lifestyle/the-oldest-family-in-the-world 26 February 2026
en given names.
A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
en US African American culture pseudonym for Harriet Tubman
Synonyms
Jewish male given name
en Moishe
en Moshe
Derived terms
en mosesin mosesite Moses basket for the love of Moses Moses Lake Moses on a raft Moses sole suffering Moses sweet Moses sweet mother of Moses
Related terms
en Mosaic
en Mosaism
Translations
the biblical patriarch
Albanian: sq Moisiu m, sq Musa m Muslim
Amharic: am ሙሴ Musse
Ao:
Chungli Ao: njo-jgl Mosa
Arabic: ar مُوسَىٰ m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܡܘܫܐ
Samaritan Aramaic: sam ࠌࠦࠔࠨࠄ mūši
Armenian: hy Մովսես
Old Armenian: xcl Մովսէս
Azerbaijani: az Musa
Bashkir: ba Муса
Basque: eu Mois
Belarusian: be Майсе́й m
Bengali: bn মূসা mūsa
Bulgarian: bg Моисе́й m
Catalan: ca Moisès
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 摩西 mo1 sai1, yue 梅瑟 mui4 sat1 Catholic
Hakka: hak 摩西 Mô-sî
Hokkien: nan-hbl 摩西 Mô͘-se
Mandarin: cmn 摩西 Móxī Protestant, cmn 梅瑟 Méisè Catholic, cmn 摩伊息斯 Orthodox, cmn 穆撒 Islam
Coptic: cop ⲙⲱⲥⲏ
Czech: cs Mojžíš m
Danish: da Moses
Dutch: nl Mozes
Esperanto: eo Moseo
Estonian: et Mooses
Farefare: gur Mose
Faroese: fo Móses m
Finnish: fi Mooses
French: fr Moïse m
Middle French: frm Moyse m
Old French: fro Moyses
Georgian: ka მოსე
German: de Moses m Catholic, de Mose m Protestant
Gothic: got 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃
Greek: el Μωυσής m
Ancient Greek: grc Μωϋσῆς m, grc Μωσῆς
Hausa: ha Musa
Hawaiian: haw Mose
Hebrew: he מֹשֶׁה m moshé, he מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ m moshé rabénu
Hindi: hi मूसा m
Hungarian: hu Mózes
Indonesian: id Musa
Irish: ga Maois m
Old Irish: sga Moysi m
Italian: it Mosè
Japanese: ja モーセ Mōse
Jarai: jra Môis
Kashubian: csb Mózes
Kazakh: kk Мұса
Khmer: km ម៉ូសេ
Konkani: kok मूजे
Korean: ko ^모세
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb مووسا
Northern Kurdish: kmr Mûsa
Ladino: lad Moshe
Lak: lbe Муса идавс
Latin: la Mōsēs m, la Mō̆ȳsēs, la Mō̆īsēs
Latvian: lv Mozus
Lithuanian: lt Mozė m
Macedonian: mk Мојсеј
Malay: ms Musa
Manchu: mnc ᠮᠣᡳᠰᡝᡳ
Māori: mi Mohi
Maranao: mrw Mosa
Marathi: mr मोशे, mr मूसा
Mongolian: mn Мосе
Navajo: nv Mózes
Norwegian: no Moses
Persian: fa موسی musâ
Plautdietsch: pdt Moses
Polish: pl Mojżesz m-pr
Portuguese: pt Moisés m
Romanian: ro Moise m
Russian: ru Моисе́й m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Maois m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Мојсије m, sh Муса m Muslim
Latin: sh Mojsije m, sh Musa m Muslim
Sicilian: scn Moisès m, scn Musè m
Slovak: sk Mojžíš m
Slovene: sl Mójzes m
Sogdian: sog mwšʾ mušā
Spanish: es Moisés
Swahili: sw Musa, sw Mose
Swedish: sv Mose
Tagalog: tl Moises
Tamil: ta மோசே
Tatar: tt Муса
Tibetan: bo མོ་ཤི
Turkish: tr Musa, tr Musa Mûsâ, tr Musalar p, tr Musalar p Mûsâlar
Ottoman Turkish: ota موسی musa
Ukrainian: uk Мойсе́й m
Urdu: ur موسیٰ m mūsā
Vietnamese: vi Môi-se, vi Mô-sê
Welsh: cy Moses m
Yiddish: yi משה m moyshe
male given name
Arabic: ar مُوسَى m
Armenian: hy Մովսես
Old Armenian: xcl Մովսէս
Bengali: bn মূসা mūsa
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩西
Galician: gl Moisés m
Hausa: ha Musa
Hawaiian: haw Moke
Hindi: hi मोसेस m
Hungarian: hu Mózes
Latvian: lv Mozus m
Macedonian: mk Мојсеј m
Malay: ms Musa
Māori: mi Mohi
Navajo: nv Mózes
Old Nubian: onw ⲙⲟⲩⲥⲏⲥ
Polish: pl Mojżesz m-pr
Portuguese: pt Moisés m
Sicilian: scn Musè m
Spanish: es Moisés m
Swahili: sw Musa
Swedish: sv Moses
Tamil: ta மோசே
Turkish: tr Musa, tr Musa Mûsâ, tr Musalar p, tr Musalar p Mûsâlar, tr Mısa, tr Mısalar p
Ukrainian: uk Мойсей m
Interjection
An exclamation of shock.
See also
en Moses Gate
Anagrams
en emoss Mosse Somes -somes
en Watercraft
Danish
Proper noun
en Moses biblical figure
da Biblical characters
German
Etymology
Biblical, cognate with en Moses.
Pronunciation
de De-Moses.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m,-:Mosis
de biblical character Moses
de Moyses
Synonyms
de Mose (Protestant)
Latin
Alternative forms
la Mō̆ȳsēs Mō̆īsēs Moesēs
Etymology
From la grc Μωσῆς, from earlier grc Μωυσῆς, from la hbo מֹשֶׁה mōšê. la Mō̆ȳsēs.
Pronunciation
Mōsēs
Proper noun
Mōsēs<irreg> m
la biblical la male Hebrew Moses
Declension
Mōsēs<irreg>
Derived terms
la mōsēius mōsēus mōsiticus
Descendants
1 da Moses
1 nl Mozes
1 en Moses
1 et Mooses
1 fi Mooses
1 de Moses Mose
1 hu Mózes
1 it Mosè
1 ja モーセ Mōse
1 lt Mozė
1 nb Moses
1 nn Moses
1 gd Maois
1 sv Moses Mose
References
Mōses
la male given names from Hebrew
la Biblical characters
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
nb proper noun
en Moses biblical figure
Related terms
nb Mose-
nb mosaisk
nb Biblical characters
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
en Moses biblical figure
Related terms
nn Mose-
nn mosaisk
nn Biblical characters
Swedish
Proper noun
sv proper noun c genitive Moses sometimes Mose
sv dated sv Mose
sv 1917 1773 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1773] © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com Apostlagärningarna [en Acts of the Apostles Acts] 7:22 1917 års kyrkobibel https://www.bible.com/bible/166/ACT.7.22 https://web.archive.org/web/20251122205752/https://www.bible.com/bible/166/ACT.7.22 22 November 2025 Moses blev undervisad i all egyptiernas visdom och var mäktig i ord och gärningar. Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.
sv 1933 w:Selma Lagerlöf Höst Autumn Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/Lagerl%C3%B6fS/titlar/H%C3%B6st/sida/143/etext https://archive.ph/xQx5R 2025-10-21 [Enligt] Mose lag skulle hon stenas. According to the law of Moses, she was to be stoned.
sv rare sv male
sv Mose gen