Moriah

[ maw-rahy-uh, moh- ]

/ mɔˈraɪ ə, moʊ- /

a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.

Also Douay Bible, Mo·ri·a. a site usually identified with Zion, where Solomon built the Temple. II Chron. 3:1.

Example sentences from the Web for moriah

This it was that steadied him through the hardest test of all with that only begotten, the fire test on Moriah.

Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation |S. D. Gordon
We consider Moriah to be the third hill, and Acra the part lying between the west side of Moriah and the central valley.

Jerusalem Explored, Volume I--Text |Ermete Pierotti
Their mother, Moriah, died in Columbia some time after the war.

My Life In The South |Jacob Stroyer
But by a most exceptional mourning Moriah had put herself upon record as the most inconsolable of widows.

Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches |Ruth McEnery Stuart

In the Douay, Abraham is told to go 'into the land of vision,' in our version, 'into the land of Moriah.'

The Bible: what it is |Charles Bradlaugh