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Moab

Moab · f

indecl., the mountainous region on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, extending from Zoar to the river Arnon

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Mōab — Lewis & Short

Mōab, f.

I indecl., the mountainous region on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, extending from Zoar to the river Arnon, Vulg. Gen. 36, 35; 48, 15 and 20, etc.—Hence,
A Mōăbītēs, ae, m., an inhabitant of Moab, a Moabite, Vulg. 1 Chron. 11, 46.—Plur.: Moabitae (= *mwabi=tai), the Moabites, Vulg. Gen. 19, 37 et saep.—
B Mōăbītis, tĭdis, f. (*mwabi=tis).
1 Moabite (sc. regio), the land of the Moabites, Moab, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1.—
2 Subst., a Moabitish woman, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 22.

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