Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Moab.
- noun The Semitic language of Moab.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a tribe of people descended from Moab, one of the sons of Lot (Gen. xix. 36, 37), anciently inhabiting the mountainous region lying to the east of the Dead Sea and of the lower part of the river Jordan.
- Pertaining to Moab or the Moabites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.
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- noun a native or inhabitant of
Moab - proper noun Extinct
Canaanite Semitic language, spoken inMoab (modern-day northwesternJordan ). Extinct since 5th century BCE.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the year 1868 Rev.F. Klein, of the Church Missionary Society at Jerusalem, found at Dhiban (the biblical Dibon), in Moab, a remarkable stone, since called the Moabite Stone.
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He called her a "Moabite," and the "Harlot of Babylon," till she wept from sheer vexation.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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The Moabite king Balak, concerned about the looming Jewish people en route to Palestine Hebrew Cana'an after having broken out of Egypt, hires Balaam to curse the Jews and halt their progress.
Menachem Wecker: Balaam Sculpture Sheds Light On Differing Christian And Jewish Views Of Prophecy Menachem Wecker 2011
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The Moabite king Balak, concerned about the looming Jewish people en route to Palestine Hebrew Cana'an after having broken out of Egypt, hires Balaam to curse the Jews and halt their progress.
Menachem Wecker: Balaam Sculpture Sheds Light On Differing Christian And Jewish Views Of Prophecy Menachem Wecker 2011
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The Moabite king Balak, concerned about the looming Jewish people en route to Palestine Hebrew Cana'an after having broken out of Egypt, hires Balaam to curse the Jews and halt their progress.
Menachem Wecker: Balaam Sculpture Sheds Light On Differing Christian And Jewish Views Of Prophecy Menachem Wecker 2011
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The Moabite king Balak, concerned about the looming Jewish people en route to Palestine Hebrew Cana'an after having broken out of Egypt, hires Balaam to curse the Jews and halt their progress.
Menachem Wecker: Balaam Sculpture Sheds Light On Differing Christian And Jewish Views Of Prophecy Menachem Wecker 2011
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One of the men, Zimri, appears to have made a public spectacle of himself with a Moabite woman named Kozbi.
Brad Hirschfield: Resisting the Seductions of Religious Zeal 2010
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The patriarchs were called sojourners; Ruth was a Moabite living in Bethlehem; Joseph was so assimilated into Egyptian culture his brothers did not recognize him; Nebuchadnezzar deported Daniel; Moses was an alien fugitive in Midian; David lived with the Philistines fleeing King Saul; Jesus, our Peace, our Redemption Crucified, was an infant carried over a border, like so many of my honor-roll discipleship students who dream about a future denied.
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The patriarchs were called sojourners; Ruth was a Moabite living in Bethlehem; Joseph was so assimilated into Egyptian culture his brothers did not recognize him; Nebuchadnezzar deported Daniel; Moses was an alien fugitive in Midian; David lived with the Philistines fleeing King Saul; Jesus, our Peace, our Redemption Crucified, was an infant carried over a border, like so many of my honor-roll discipleship students who dream about a future denied.
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One of the men, Zimri, appears to have made a public spectacle of himself with a Moabite woman named Kozbi.
Brad Hirschfield: Resisting the Seductions of Religious Zeal 2010
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