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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Μωᾰβῑ́της (Mōabī́tēs, “Moabite”) + -ῐς (-is).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔː.a.bîː.tis/ → /mo.aˈβi.tis/ → /mo.aˈvi.tis/
Noun
Μωᾰβῖτῐς • (Mōabîtis) f (genitive Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδος); third declension
- a female inhabitant of Moab; a Moabite woman, a Moabitess
300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint,
Ruth 1.22:
- Καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Νωεμὶν καὶ Ροὺθ ἡ Μωαβῖτις ἡ νύμφη αὐτῆς ἐπιστρέφουσαι ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωάβ· αὗται δὲ παρεγενήθησαν εἰς Βηθλεὲμ ἐν ἀρχῇ θερισμοῦ κριθῶν.
- Kaì epéstrepse Nōemìn kaì Roùth hē Mōabîtis hē númphē autês epistréphousai ex agroû Mōáb; haûtai dè paregenḗthēsan eis Bēthleèm en arkhêi therismoû krithôn.
- So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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