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View Name: Moab


MOAB
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
PRONOUNCED: MO-ab (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "of his father" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Lot. He was the ancestor of the Moabites, a people who lived in the region called Moab to the east of Israel.
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