Moriah Moriah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , ''Mōrīyya''; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, ''Marwah'') is the name given to a 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 G ...

is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis. Moriah may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Moriah College 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, Australia. The college provides education from ear ...

, in Sydney

Bahamas

Mount Moriah (Bahamas Parliament constituency) Mount Moriah is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It elects one member of parliament (MP) using the first past the post electoral system. It has been represented by McKell Bonaby from the Progressi ...

Canada

* Mount Moriah, Newfoundland and Labrador

United Kingdom

Moriah, Ceredigion Moriah is a hamlet in the community of Llanfarian, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 73 miles (117.4 km) from Cardiff and 177.1 miles (285 km) from London. Moriah is represented in Ceredigion County Council by Alun Lloyd Jones (Plaid Cymru), ...

, Wales *Moriah, an electoral ward of

Caerphilly County Borough Council Caerphilly County Borough Council () 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 first election to the new council was h ...

*Moriah Chapel, Loughor, associated with minister Evan Roberts and the 1904-1905 revival

United States

Moriah, New York Moriah is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. Lying within the Adirondack Park, it is situated in the eastern part of the county, by road south-sou ...

** Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility * Mount Moriah, Missouri *

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 ranks as the ninth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. It is located ...

, a mountain **

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 ...

Carter-Moriah Range The Carter-Moriah Range of mountains is located in the White Mountains (New Hampshire), White Mountains, in Coös County, New Hampshire, Coös County, New Hampshire. The mountain range, range forms the northern east side of Pinkham Notch, oppos ...

, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ** Mount Moriah (New Hampshire) ** Middle Moriah Mountain ** Shelburne Moriah Mountain *

Mount Moriah, Philadelphia Kingsessing is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. On the west side of the Schuylkill River, it is next to the neighborhoods of Cedar Park and Elmwood Park, as well as the borough of Yeadon in ...

, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood **

Mount Moriah station Mount Moriah station is a trolley stop on the SEPTA Metro T3 route in Southwest Philadelphia. Located on the northeast corner of Kingsessing Avenue and Cemetery Avenue, there is a loop there for trolleys that do not go on the full route to ...

Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia) Mount Moriah Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery that spans the border between Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1855 and is the largest cemetery in Pennsylvania. It is 200 acres in size and contains ...

Mount Moriah Cemetery (South Dakota) Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, South Dakota, is the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and other notable figures of the Wild West. By tradition, the American flag flies over the cemetery 24 ...

, burial place of several Wild West figures in Deadwood *

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 The Palisades, also called the New Jersey Palisades or the Hudson River Palisades, ar ...

Moriah School The Moriah School is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located in Englewood, New Jersey. It educates nearly 800 students from toddler through eighth grade. As of the 2024-25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 740 students in grades ...

, in Englewood, New Jersey

Other uses

Moriah (name) Moriah is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Moriah Jefferson (born 1994), American basketball player * Moriah van Norman (born 1984), American water polo player *Moriah Rose Pereira (born 1995) ...

, list of people with the name * ''Moriah'' (newspaper), Hebrew newspaper in Ottoman Palestine published between 1910 and 1915 * HAT-P-23, a star also named Moriah