"Remnant" - translations: the backbone, the foundation, the core, the enduring, the surviving, the reserve of strength, the strongest place, the most precious, that which had the strength to persist, to be strengthened, the strongest, the most capable of life.

"The remnant of Israel" is a symbol of the spiritual Assembly, the unity of the Righteous who have kept faithfulness to the One God Jehovah, who have kept true knowledge and fulfillment of His Will, and who accomplish the spiritual enlightenment of the nations by the true proclamation of it.

Negative Meaning.

"The remnant of Moab" is the insignificant portion of people who profess various false beliefs, false doctrines, who will live in the final period of the establishment of the Kingdom of God's Will in all nations.