Moriah
Moriah ( Hebrew: , ''Mōrīyya''; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, ''Marwah'') is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Jews identify the region mentioned in Genes ...
is a mountain identified in the Book of Genesis; believed in Judaism, Christianity and Islam to be associated with the sacrifice of Abraham's son.
It may also be the
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compou ...
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Moriah may also refer to:
Places
In Australia:
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Moriah College
The Moriah War Memorial College (or more commonly, Moriah College) is an independent Modern Orthodox Jewish co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in Queens Park, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, ...
, an independent, Modern Orthodox Jewish, co-educational, day school in Sydney
In Canada:
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Mount Moriah, Newfoundland and Labrador
Mount Moriah is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 700 in the Canada 2021 Census.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mount Moriah had a popula ...
In Israel:
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Moria (political party), a defunct political party in Israel
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Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation
In the United States:
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Moriah School, a Jewish day school in Englewood, New Jersey
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Moriah, New York, a town in Essex County
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Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility
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Mount Moriah, Missouri, a town
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Mount Moriah (Nevada)
Mount Moriah is a mountain in the northern Snake Range of eastern White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is the fifth-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the ninth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. It is l ...
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Mount Moriah Wilderness
The Mt. Moriah Wilderness is a wilderness area in the northern part of the Snake Range of White Pine County, in the eastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States.
The Mt. Moriah Wilderness was designated in 1989 and is ...
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Carter-Moriah Range
The Carter-Moriah Range of mountains is located in the White Mountains, in Coos County, New Hampshire. The range forms the northern east side of Pinkham Notch, opposite the northern Presidential Range. The range is also referred to as the Carter ...
, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
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Mount Moriah (New Hampshire)
Mount Moriah is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Carter-Moriah Range of the White Mountains, which runs along the northern east side of Pinkham Notch. The summit is approximately southeast of the ...
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Middle Moriah Mountain
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Shelburne Moriah Mountain
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Mount Moriah, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood
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Mt. Moriah (SEPTA station), trolley stop
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Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia)
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Mount Moriah Cemetery (South Dakota), burial place of several Wild West figures in Deadwood
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Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
Mount Moriah Cemetery is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades, nearby the Fairview Cemetery.
Moriah () (Arabic: مروة ''Marwah'') is the name given ...
In Wales:
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Moriah, Ceredigion, a hamlet in Ceredigion
*Moriah, an electoral ward of
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Caerphilly County Borough Council ( cy, Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is the governing body for Caerphilly County Borough, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The last full council elections took place 5 May 2022.
Political control
The ...
*The Moriah Chapel, in Loughor, associated historically with the minister
Evan John Roberts
Evan John Roberts (8 June 1878 – 29 January 1951) was a Welsh evangelist and leading figure of the 1904–1905 Welsh revival.
His obituary in '' The Western Mail'' summed up his career thus:
:"He was a man who had experienced strange thin ...
and the 1904-1905 Revival
People
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Poppy (entertainer) (born 1995), stage name of American singer, songwriter, actress, model, and YouTuber Moriah Rose Pereira
See also
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Moira (disambiguation)
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Morea (disambiguation)
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Moria (disambiguation)
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Morya (disambiguation)
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