A land in Old Testament times located east of the Dead Sea. The Moabites were descendants of Lot and were related to the Israelites. They spoke a language similar to Hebrew. There was constant warfare between the Moabites and the Israelites (Judg. 3: 12-30; 11: 17; 2 Sam. 8: 2; 2 Kgs. 3: 6-27; 2 Chr. 20: 1-25; Isa. 15).