Definitions for moabˈmoʊ æb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Mo•abˈmoʊ æb(n.)

  1. an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.

    Category: Geography (places), Ancient History

Wiktionary

  1. Moab(ProperNoun)

    The name given to the son of Lot through his eldest daughter, in the Hebrew Bible.

  2. Moab(ProperNoun)

    The nation that purportedly traced their ancestry to Moab.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Moab

    a pastoral region extending along the E. of lower parts of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and inhabited by the descendants of Lot, now extinct, or merged among the Arabs.


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