📖 Biblical Definition
Mount Moriah is the mountain where Abraham offered Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19) — and where Solomon later built the first temple: "Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father" (2 Chronicles 3:1). The geographical convergence is theologically loaded. The place of Abraham’s ram-substitution became the place of Israel’s entire sacrificial system — and ultimately, the place near which Christ the true Lamb of God was crucified. "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen" (Genesis 22:14). The mountain of provision is the mountain of redemption.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Mountain of Abraham's near-sacrifice and Solomon's temple; one of Scripture's most loaded geographies.
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Genesis 22 (Abraham's offering of Isaac), 2 Chronicles 3:1 (temple location identified). The phrase in the mount of the LORD it shall be seen (Gen 22:14) becomes a proverb.
📖 Key Scripture
Genesis 22:2 — "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah."
Genesis 22:14 — "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen."
2 Chronicles 3:1 — "Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern Christianity often treats Moriah as a place-name; the geography is theological — substitution-place, sacrifice-place, eventually salvation-place.
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The same mountain ridge held Abraham's altar, Solomon's temple, and (close by) Christ's cross. The geography preaches: substitution prepared, sacrifice instituted, redemption accomplished.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew Moriyyah.
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Hebrew Moriyyah — possibly seen of YHWH or chosen of YHWH.
Usage
"The place of substitution becomes the place of sacrifice."
"In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen."
"Same mountain: Abraham, Solomon, the cross."