moabite
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1. moabite - Noun
2. Moabite - Proper noun
Meaning
One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.
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greek
persian
egyptian
assyrian
babylonian
israelite
roman
aramean
phoenician
philistine
Hittite
carthaginian
canaanite
Sumerian
edomite
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As a result, he could neither be the king, nor could he marry any Jewish woman (since he descended from a Moabite convert).
Though Ruth neglected to say that, she certainly could have, since after the former Moabite princess’s child’s child’s child (David) ascended the throne of Israel, as did his child (Solomon), Miller says it earned her the title as “mother of royalty.”