noun · masculine
mōusos
Strong’sG3475
Moses
stem mōus-80 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Moses, the name of the Hebrew lawgiver 1234. The word is often used in the phrase "law of Moses," referring to the law given through him 13.
By extension, the name is also used for the books of Moses themselves, meaning the written scriptures attributed to him rather than the man 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Μωυσῆς (Μωϋσῆς, T; Μωσῆς, Rec.), -έως, dat. -ῆ (as LXX: Ex 5:20, al.), and -εῖ, acc. -ῆν (as LXX) and -έα (Lk 16:29 only), (Heb. מֹשֶׁה),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3475 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoce-yoos'
Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver
Fromof Hebrew origin; ();
King JamesMoses.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Moses:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mōusos43×Μωϋσῆς | mōusois |
| object accusative | mōuson5×Μωϋσῆν | mōusoin |
| direct address vocative | mōusor | mōusoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mōusou23×Μωϋσέως | mōusoiu |
| to, for dative | mōuso9×Μωϋσεῖ | mōusoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mōuso is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
80 occurrences, every one of them listed
mōusos“Moses”subjectnominative singular43×
Matthew 8:4… kai prosferasar tem dōrem hem prostassata Mōusos eis marturiem autoi.… and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
Matthew 17:3kai idou horita autoi Mōusos kai Ēliaos sullalarōntois meta autou.Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking …
Matthew 19:7legalō auto; Tinem oun Mōusos enteleta dōara bibliem apostasieu kai apoluara …“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his …
Matthew 19:8legatō autoi hoti Mōusos pros tan sklērokardian vu epitrepata vi …Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives …
Matthew 22:24legarōntois; Didaskalor, Mōusos legata; Ean tinos apothnēskateia mē echarōntos …“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies …
Mark 1:44… peri tou katharismou su heim prostassata Mōusos eis marturiem autoi.… the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a …
Mark 7:10Mōusos gar legata; Timasōr ton patron su …For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your …
Mark 10:3… apokrinirantos legata autoi; Tinem vi enteleta Mōusos?“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
Mark 10:4tois de legala; Epitrepata Mōusos bibliem apostasieu grafara kai apoluara.They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his …
Mark 12:19Didaskalor, Mōusos grafata ni hoti ean tinou adelfos …“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a …
Luke 5:14… peri tou katharismou su kathōs prostassata Mōusos eis marturiem autoi.… the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a …
Luke 9:30… androis duo sullalale auto, hotinois ale Mōusos kai Ēliaos,Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.
Luke 20:28legarōntois; Didaskalor, Mōusos grafata ni, ean tinou adelfos apothnēskateia …“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a …
Luke 20:37hoti de egerolō tois nekrois kai Mōusos mēnuata epi tau batau, hōs legatō …Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised …
John 1:45… Nathanaēl kai legatō auto; Hon grafata Mōusos en to nomo kai tois profētois …… him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the …
John 3:14kai kathōs Mōusos hupsata ton ofion en ta erēma, …Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the …
John 5:45… ton patron; atō tos katēgorarōntos vu Mōusos, eis hon vis elpizavē.… before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your …
John 6:32… Iēsus; Amēn amēn legamō vi, ouk Mōusos dōatē vi ton arton ek tou …… I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from …
John 7:19Ouk Mōusos dōatē vi ton nomon? kai oudenos …Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not …
John 7:22dia houtem Mōusos dōatē vi tan peritoman ouk hoti …But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a …
John 8:5en de to nomo Mōusos ni enteleta tain toioutain lithobolorō sis …In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a …
Acts 3:22Mōusos men legata hoti Profēton vi anastēati …For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will …
Acts 6:14… allaxati teim etheim heim paradōata ni Mōusos.… place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
Acts 7:20en ho kairo gennita Mōusos, kai ate asteios to theo; hos …At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful …
Acts 7:22kai paideuita Mōusos panta sofia Aiguptioiu, ate de dunatos …So Moses was educated in all the wisdom …
Acts 7:29fugata de Mōusos en to logo houto, kai geneta …At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian …
Acts 7:31tos de Mōusos horarantos thaumazata tem horamem. proserchorōntou de …When Moses saw it, he marveled at the …
Acts 7:32… Isaak kai Iakōb. entromos de generantos Mōusos ouk tolmate katanoara.… God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not …
Acts 7:37houtos atō tos Mōusos tos legarantos toi huioi Israēl; Profēton …This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will …
Acts 7:40… theoin hois proporeueli nu; tos gar Mōusos houtos, hos exagata nin ek gēau …… go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the …
Acts 15:21Mōusos gar ek geneaiu archaiaiu kata polan …For Moses has been proclaimed in every city …
Acts 26:22… tois profētois lalala mellarōnteiu genorō kai Mōusos,… nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
Romans 10:5Mōusos gar grafatō hoti tan dikaiosunan tan …… righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these …
Romans 10:19… legamō, mē Israēl ouk gnōskata? prōtos Mōusos legatō; Mis parazēlami vin epi ouk …… instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous …
2 Corinthians 3:13kai ouk kathaper Mōusos tithate kalummem epi tem prosōpem autou, …We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over …
2 Corinthians 3:15alla heōs sēmeron hēnika an anagnōskoteiō Mōusos kalummem epi tan kardian autoiu keiotō;And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their …
Hebrews 3:2… arōnton to poiaranto auton hōs kai Mōusos en to oiko autou.… One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
Hebrews 3:5kai Mōusos men pistos en holo to oiko …Now Moses was faithful as a servant in …
Hebrews 7:14… eis han fulan peri hierevoiu oudenem Mōusos lalata.… Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
Hebrews 8:5… skia latreualō teiu epouraneiu, kathōs chrēmatizotē Mōusos mellarōntos epitelarō tan skēnan, Horasōr gar, …… is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about …
Hebrews 11:23Pistia Mōusos gennirantos kruptita trimēnem hupo toiu patroiu …By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months …
Hebrews 11:24pistia Mōusos megos generantos arneta legorō huios thugatrau …By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to …
Hebrews 12:21kai, houtōs foberem ate tem fantazorōntem, Mōusos legata; Ekfobos amō kai entromos.… sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
mōuson“Moses”objectaccusative singular5×
Luke 16:29legatō de Abraam; Echalō Mōuson kai toin profētoin; akoualar autoiu.But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers …
Acts 6:11… Akouanē autou lalarōntou rēmeim blasfēmeim eis Mōuson kai ton theon;… Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
Acts 7:35Houton ton Mōuson, hon arnela legarantois; Tinos sin katastēata …This Moses, whom they had rejected with the …
1 Corinthians 10:2kai pantois eis ton Mōuson baptizela en ta nefela kai en …They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the …
Hebrews 3:3polloterau gar houtos doxau para Mōuson axiotē kata hosem polloteran timan echatō …… counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a …
mōusou“Moses”of, belonging togenitive singular23×
Matthew 23:2legarōntos; Epi tau Mōusou kathedrau kathizala tois grammatevois kai tois …“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Mark 12:26… egerolō ouk anagnōskava en ta bibla Mōusou epi tou batou pōs legata auto …… burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am …
Luke 2:22… tou katharismou autoiu kata ton nomon Mōusou, anagala auton eis Hierosolumeim parastēara to …… purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him …
Luke 16:31legata de auto; Ei Mōusou kai toiu profētoiu ouk akoualō, oude …… If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not …
Luke 24:27kai archerantos apo Mōusou kai apo pantoiu toiu profētoiu diermēneuata …And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained …
Luke 24:44… panteim teim graforēnteim en to nomo Mōusou kai profētoi kai psalmoi peri mu.… about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
John 1:17hoti tos nomos dia Mōusou dōita, tas charitas kai tas alētheias …For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus …
John 7:22… tan peritoman ouk hoti ek tou Mōusou atō alla ek toiu patroiu kai …… Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
John 7:23… sabbate hina mē luiteia tos nomos Mōusou, mi cholavō hoti holon anthrōpon hugion …… Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are …
John 9:28… mathētos asō ekeinou, nis de tou Mōusou anō mathētois;… His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
Acts 13:38“Moses”… panteiu heiu ouk duniva en nomo Mōusou dikaiiraTherefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
Acts 15:1… Ean mē peritemiveia te ethe te Mōusou, ouk dunovō sōzira.… circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Acts 15:5… autoin parangelarō tē tērarō ton nomon Mōusou.… required to obey the law of Moses.”
Acts 21:21… peri su hoti apostasian didaskasō apo Mōusou toin kata teim ethneim pantoin Ioudaioin, …… live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their …
Acts 28:23… tou Iēsu apo tē tou nomou Mōusou kai toiu profētoiu apo prōi heōs …… about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
Romans 5:14… basilata tos thanatos apo Adam mechris Mōusou kai epi toin mē hamartarantoin epi …Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not …
1 Corinthians 9:9en gar to Mōusou nomo grafotē; Ouk kēmasi bouon aloarōnton. …… is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while …
2 Corinthians 3:7… toin huioin Israēl eis tem prosōpem Mōusou dia tan doxan teu prosōpeu autou …… not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
Hebrews 3:16… pantois tois exercharantois ek Aiguptau dia Mōusou?… rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
Hebrews 9:19… pantau entolau kata ton nomon hupo Mōusou panto to lao, labarantos tem haimem …For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the …
Hebrews 10:28athetarantos tinos nomon Mōusou chōris oiktirmoiu epi duo ē treis …Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony …
Jude 1:9… to diabolo diakrinorōntos dialegote peri teu Mōusou sōmeu, ouk tolmata krisian epiferara blasfēmiau, …… the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a …
Revelation 15:3kai adalō tan ōdan Mōusou tou doulou tou theou kai tan …… sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and …
mōuso“Moses”to, fordative singular9×
Matthew 17:4… hōde treis skēnain, si henan kai Mōuso henan kai Ēliao henan.… shelters— one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Mark 9:4kai horita autoi Ēliaos sun Mōuso, kai ale sullalarōntois to Iēso.And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
Mark 9:5… poianeia treis skēnain, si henan kai Mōuso henan kai Ēliao henan.… shelters— one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Luke 9:33… skēnain treis, henan si kai henan Mōuso kai henan Ēliao, mē horarēntos hem …… shelters— one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ( vvv He …
John 5:46ei gar pisteuave Mōuso, pisteuave an mi, peri gar mu …If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he …
John 9:29nis oidanē hoti Mōuso lalatē tos theos, houton de ouk …We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where …
Acts 7:44… erēma, kathōs diatasseta tos lalarōntos to Mōuso poiara autan kata ton tupon hon …… constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had …
Romans 9:15to Mōuso gar legatō; Elēami hon an elēameiō, …For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom …
2 Timothy 3:8… tropon de Iannos kai Iambros antistēala Mōuso, houtōs kai houtois antistēolō ta alētheia, …Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the …