MOABITE


Meaning of MOABITE in English

/moh"euh buyt'/ , n.

1. an inhabitant or native of Moab.

2. an extinct language of Moab, in the Canaanite group of Semitic languages.

adj.

3. Also, Moabitic /moh'euh bit"ik/ , Moabitish /moh"euh buy'tish/ . of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom of Moab, its people, or their language.

[ 1350-1400; ME Moabita Moabítes, repr. Heb moabi. See MOAB, -ITE 1 ]

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