Ar.
A chief city in the Moabite territory. In Jerome's time it was called Areopolis. It is identified with Rabba,, 31 19' N, 35 38' E, about 10 miles from the Dead Sea. Numbers 21:15, Numbers 1:21; Isaiah 15:1. In other passages the name Ar appears to include the land of the Moabites. Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 1:2, Deuteronomy 1:2.