Mōab, f. 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, Mōabītēs, ae, m., an inhabitant of Moab, a Moabite, Vulg. 1 Chron. 11, 46.
—Plur.: Moabitae (= Μωαβῖται), the Moabites, Vulg. Gen. 19, 37 et saep.
— Mōabītis, tidis, f. (Μωαβῖτις). Moabite (sc. regio), the land of the Moabites, Moab, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1.
— Subst., a Moabitish woman, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 22.