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A chief city in the Moabite territory. In Jerome's time it was called Areopolis. It is identified with Rabba,, , about 10 miles from the Dead Sea. Num. 21: 15, 28; Isa. 15: 1. In other passages the name Ar appears to include the land of the Moabites. Deut. 2: 9, 18, 29.