Moses
Parted the sea
Moses is the central prophet of the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
The name has become shorthand for a liberator or lawgiver: He saw himself as a Moses for his people.
Holy Moses! is a mild oath expressing surprise. (Lowercase moses refers to a type of basket for infants, from the biblical story of baby Moses in the bulrushes.)
Scriptural moral code
- burning bushDeciduous shrub, vivid fall color
- plagues of EgyptDivine punishments preceding exodus
- Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
- partingAct of leaving another
Pharaoh · Aaron · Miriam · Israelites · Hebrews · Old Testament · Pentateuch · Deuteronomy
Surprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- burning bushDeciduous shrub, vivid fall color
- divine messageCommunication from deity
- theophanyVisible appearance of deity
miracles · visions · intermediary · spokesman · seer · oracle · Mount Sinai · calling
Rescue from bondage
- slaveryOwnership of people
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- PharaohEgyptian royal title
- Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
wandering · desert · Sinai · plagues · Passover · freedom · journey · bondage
Florentine sculptor and painter
- hornsBony animal projections
- Prince of EgyptAnimated Moses origin story
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- bulrushesTall wetland sedges
Charlton Heston · foundling · adopted · Harriet Tubman · civil rights · spirituals
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- PentateuchFive books of Moses
covenant · Sinai · mitzvot · legislation · ordinances · precepts · codification · Mosaic law
Ten Commandments
Scriptural moral code
- burning bushDeciduous shrub, vivid fall color
- plagues of EgyptDivine punishments preceding exodus
- Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
parting · Pharaoh · Aaron · Miriam · Israelites · Hebrews · Old Testament · Pentateuch · Deuteronomy · Numbers
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- burning bushDeciduous shrub, vivid fall color
- divine messageCommunication from deity
theophany · miracles · visions · intermediary · spokesman · seer · oracle · Mount Sinai · calling · anointed
deliverance
Rescue from bondage
Red Sea · wandering · desert · Sinai · plagues · Passover · freedom · journey · bondage · wilderness
Michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
- hornsBony animal projections
- Prince of EgyptAnimated Moses origin story
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
Charlton Heston · bulrushes · foundling · adopted · Harriet Tubman · civil rights · spirituals
commandments
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
Pentateuch · covenant · Sinai · mitzvot · legislation · ordinances · precepts · codification · Mosaic law · divine law
patriarch
Male head of family
shepherd · commander · chieftain · statesman · intercessor · mediator · lawgiver · founder · emancipator · visionary
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Eve
- Bible FiguresAbraham, David, Paul, Peter, Mary
- Bible PeopleAbraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Noah
- BiblicalAdam, Eve, Noah, David, Jesus
- Biblical MenAdam, Abraham, David, Joseph, Jesus
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
MosesPharaoh
Egyptian royal title
Ramesses II · Ramesses the Great · Haman · Nebuchadnezzar · Goliath
- holy MosesSurprised outburst
- Moses basketPortable woven infant cradle
- Robert Moses
- Go Down MosesAfrican American spiritual hymn
- staff of MosesProphet's wonder-working stick
- Grandma MosesSelf-taught American folk artist