Μωυσῆς G3475
Moses, the lawgiver and prophet who led Israel from Egypt and received the Torah at Sinai
Moses stands as the towering figure of the Torah, the prophet through whom God delivered Israel from Egypt and established the Sinai covenant. In the New Testament, his name appears in two principal ways: as a historical person who spoke with Jesus at the Transfiguration (Matt 17:3) and as a metonym for the Pentateuch and its legal authority ('the law of Moses,' Luke 24:44; Acts 15:21). Paul's veil imagery in 2 Corinthians 3:15 — 'whenever Moses is read' — shows the seamless shift from person to text. Spanish, French, and German all render the name with minimal adaptation (Moises, Moise, Mose), reflecting universal recognition.
Senses
1. Moses (biblical figure) — The proper name of Israel's preeminent lawgiver and prophet, used both as a personal reference (the Transfiguration, Matt 17:3) and as a metonym for the Mosaic writings and legal code ('the law of Moses,' John 7:23; Acts 28:23). In Luke 16:29 and 2 Cor 3:15, 'Moses' denotes the Pentateuch itself, showing how deeply the person and his literary legacy merged in Jewish and early Christian thought. 80×
AR["-مُوسَى", "موسى", "مُوسَى"]·ben["প্রকাশ-করেছেন", "মোশি", "মোশির"]·DE["Mose"]·EN["Mousēs", "Mōusēs", "Mōysēs", "of-Mōysēs"]·FR["Moïse"]·heb["מֹשֶׁה"]·HI["मōयसēस", "मōयसēस-ने", "मूसा", "मूसा-को", "मूसा-ने", "मूसा-ने-क्योंकि"]·ID["Musa"]·IT["Mosè"]·jav["Musa", "Nabi-Musa"]·KO["모세", "모세-가", "모세가", "모세도", "모세로부터", "모세와", "모세의"]·PT["Moisés"]·RU["Моисеем", "Моисей", "Моисей,", "Моисея"]·ES["-Mōÿsḗs", "Môyséōs", "Môysēs", "Mōysês", "Mōysēs", "Mōysḗs", "Mōÿsês", "Mōÿsḗs", "a-Mōysès", "de-Môyséōs"]·SW["Mousês,", "Mousēs", "Musa", "Mōusḗs", "Mōysēs", "Mōüsḗs", "aliagiza", "alisema", "kwa", "ya-Musa"]·TR["Musa", "Musa'nın", "Musadan", "Musanın"]·urd["موسٰی-نے", "موسیٰ", "موسیٰ-نے", "موسیٰ-کی", "موسیٰ-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Μωυσῆς (Μωϋσῆς, T; Μωσῆς, Rec.), -έως, dative - (as LXX: Exo.5:20, al.), and -εῖ, accusative -ῆν (ac LXX) and -έα (Luk.16:29 only) (Heb. מֹשֶׁה), Moses: Mat.8:4 17:3-4, al.; νόμος Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22 24:44, Jhn.7:23, Act.13:39 15:5 28:23, 1Co.9:9, Heb.10:28; by meton., of the books of Moses, Luk.16:29 24:27, Act.15:21, 2Co.3:15 (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)