English

Proper noun

Moses

1. The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Jews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 19:20::

     And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

   • 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!

2. A male given name.
3. A surname​.
4. A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
5. (US, African American culture) pseudonym for Harriet Tubman

Derived terms

• Moses basket

Related terms

• Mosaism

Translations

Noun

Moses

1. A large flatboat used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.

Danish

Proper noun

Moses

1. Moses (biblical figure)

German

Etymology

Biblical, cognate with English Moses.

Proper noun

Moses

1. (Catholicism) Moses (biblical figure).

Synonyms

• Moyses
• Mose (Protestant)

Gothic

Romanization

Mōsēs

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mō̆ȳsēs

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Μωσῆς ‎(Mōsês), Μωϋσῆς ‎(Mōüsês).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.seːs/

Proper noun

Mōsēs m ‎(genitive Mōsis or Mōsī); irregular

1. Moses (pharaonic patriarch)

Declension

• nominative Mōsēs, genitive Mōsis or Mōsī, accusative Mōsēn, ablative Mōse

Derived terms

References

• Mōses in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Moses”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Moses

1. Moses (biblical figure) .

Swedish

Etymology

Biblical, cognate with English Moses, from earlier versions of the Swedish Bible.

Proper noun

Moses

1. A male given name (quite rare).

Related terms

• Mose

Danish

Noun

moses c

1. genitive singular indefinite of mose