MOABITE
\mˈə͡ʊba͡ɪt], \mˈəʊbaɪt], \m_ˈəʊ_b_aɪ_t]\
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m[=o]'a-b[=i]t, n. one of the ancient people of Moab, living to the east of the lower part of Jordan and the Dead Sea.--adj. of or pertaining to Moab.--n. M[=O]'ABITE-STONE, slab of black, basalt found in 1868 among the ruins of Dhibân (Dibon) in Moab, bearing an inscription of 34 lines in Hebrew-Phoenician letters, about the revolt of Mesha, king of Moab, against the king of Israel (2 Kings, iii.)
By Thomas Davidson
