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 compoun ...

. Moriah may also refer to:

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In Australia: *

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 Wal ...

, an independent, Modern Orthodox Jewish, co-educational, day school in Sydney In Canada: *

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: *

Moria (political party) Moria ( he, מוריה) was a short-lived one-man political party in Israel between 1990 and 1992. Background The party was established on 25 December 1990 during the 12th Knesset, when Minister of Immigrant Absorption and former Shas leader ...

, a defunct political party in Israel * Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation In the United States: *

Moriah School The Moriah School is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located in Englewood, New Jersey. It educates nearly 800 students from nursery through eighth grade. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 692 students in grades ...

, a Jewish day school in Englewood, New Jersey *

Moriah, New York Moriah is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 4,798 at the 2010 census. The town is in the eastern part of the county. It is by road south-southwest of Burlington, Vermont, south of Plattsburgh, north of Alban ...

, a town in Essex County ** Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility * Mount Moriah, Missouri, a town *

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 locat ...

, 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 a ...

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 **

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 ...

Middle Moriah Mountain Middle Moriah Mountain 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. Middle Moriah is flanked to the north ...

Shelburne Moriah Mountain Shelburne Moriah Mountain 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. Shelburne Moriah is flanked to the ...

Mount Moriah, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mount Moriah is a neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia, east of Cobbs Creek in the vicinity of Kingsessing Avenue. The neighborhood shares its name with the Mount Moriah Cemetery which was founded next to Cobbs Creek in 1855. The Joseph W. C ...

, a neighborhood **

Mt. Moriah (SEPTA station) Mount Moriah station is a trolley stop on the SEPTA subway–surface 13 trolley 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 ...

, trolley stop **

Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia) Mount Moriah Cemetery is an 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 150 ...

Mount Moriah Cemetery (South Dakota) Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, Lawrence County, 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 c ...

, 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, nearby the Fairview Cemetery. Moriah () (Arabic: مروة ''Marwah'') is the name give ...

In Wales: *

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), ...

, 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 th ...

and the 1904-1905 Revival

People

Poppy (entertainer) Moriah Rose Pereira (born January 1, 1995), known professionally as Poppy and formerly as That Poppy, is an American singer, songwriter, YouTuber, and performance artist. In 2014, she gained viral video, viral fame by starring in Surrealism, sur ...

(born 1995), stage name of American singer, songwriter, actress, model, and YouTuber Moriah Rose Pereira

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