Moabite

American  

[moh-uh-bahyt] / ˈmoʊ əˌbaɪt /

noun

1. an inhabitant or native of Moab.

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

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adjective

1. Also Moabitic Moabitish of or relating to the ancient kingdom of Moab, its people, or their language.

Moabite British  

/ ˈməʊəˌbaɪt /

adjective

1. of or relating to Moab, an ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea, or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Moab

Etymology

Origin of Moabite

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Mōabīta < Greek Mōabī́tēs, representing Hebrew mōābī. See Moab, -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The first big prize, discovered in 1868, was the so-called Moabite Stone, a three-foot black basalt stele with a 9th-century BCE, 34-line paleo-Hebrew inscription celebrating the Moabite King Mesha’s rebellion against the Israelites.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

In 1873, after Shapira sold a large collection of newly “discovered” Moabite pottery to the German government, Clermont-Ganneau publicly denounced them — correctly — as “false from beginning to end.”

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

The Mesha Stele, which is also known as the Moabite Stone, is an inscribed tablet that dates back to 840 B.C. and was discovered in 1868 by researcher Frederick Augustus Klein.

From Fox News • May 2, 2019

The Book of Ruth — recounting the Moabite Ruth’s fidelity to her Hebrew mother-in-law, Naomi, amid famine and deprivation — was among the topics Ms. Michaels found most captivating.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2017

It is called 'The Moabite Stone,' and was set up by Mesha, king of Moab.

From The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World by Duff, Mildred