Lexical Definition

‎נְבוֹ‎ Nᵉbôw (neb-o') Nebo ^N:N--L
probably of foreign derivation

Nebo.

• § Nebo = "prophet"
• Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine

n pr m
1) a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth
n pr loc
2) a city in Moab and at one time assigned to Reuben; probably located on or near Mount Nebo
3) a city in Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came
4) the mountain where Moses died; located east of the Jordan opposite Jericho; site uncertain

Extended Information

• a city in Moab and at one time assigned to Reuben; probably located on or near Mount Nebo

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נְבוֺ‎ proper name, of a location (probably connection, at least for 2, with (Babylonian) god Nebo, Nabû, compare II. ‎נְבוֺ‎ and Bae^{Rel. 15. 89, 259}; yet not certain, Nö^{ZMG xiii. 1888, 470} compare Arabic the height, etc.): ᵐ5 Ναβαυ; —

1. a. city in Moab Num 32:3; Num 32:38 (where assigned to Reuben; both J E = ‎נבה‎ MI¹⁴) Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1; Jer 48:22; 1Chr 5:8 probably on or near Mt. Nebo (see below), compare Buhl^{Geogr. 266 f.} Tristr^{Moab 338.}
b. city in Judah, ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי נ‎ Ezra 2:29 = ‎אַחֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎אַנְשֵׁי נ‎ Neh 7:34 (the men of the other N., so distinguished — si ‎אחר‎ vera l., compare Ryle — from a ? or from another ‎נֹב‎ ?), Ezra 10:43 — this ‎נבו‎ in Judah perhaps = ‎נֹב‎ 1 q. v.

2. mountain in Moab, where Moses died Num 33:47; Deut 32:49 (‎הַרנְֿבוֺ‎), Deut 34:1 (id.; all P), six miles west of Heshbon according to Onomastica (ed. Lag²⁸³). Probably = modern Nebâ at northeast corner of Dead Sea, Survey^{E. Pal. i. 198 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 562 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. 266 f.} Tristr^{Moab 318, 338} Merrill^{East of Jordan, 242 ff.} — compare ‎פִּסְגָּה‎.

II. ‎נְבוֺ‎ proper name, of a divinity Nebo (loan-word in Hebrew, compare Phoenician proper name, masculine ‎נבו‎; = Assyrian Nabû, Schr^{COT Glossary and Isa 46:1} Jastr^{Rel. Babylonian 124 ff.} Jen^{Kosmol. pass.} Tiele^{Ass. u. Babylonian Geach. 532 f.} Say^{Rel. Bab 112 ff.} (compare Palmyrene proper name ‎נבוזבד‎, ‎ברנבו‎ Vog^{Palm. No. 73}), and this perhaps √ nabû, call, name, see ‎נבא‎); — Babylonian god ‎כָּרַע בֵּל קֹרֵם נְבוֺ‎ Isa 46:1.

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Nebo_1 • A city and mountain in Moab

Nebo was a city and mountain in Moab, mentioned in the Old Testament.

• A location first mentioned at Num.32.3;
• only referred to as Nebo נְבוֹ.
  

Nebo was a city in Moab, east of the Jordan River (Num. 32:3, 38; 1 Chr. 5:8). It was one of the cities rebuilt by the Reubenites after the conquest of Canaan (Num. 32:38). Nebo is also mentioned in prophetic oracles against Moab (Isa. 15:2; Jer. 48:1, 22), indicating its significance in Moabite territory. The city was likely named after Mount Nebo, a prominent peak in the Abarim mountain range, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death (Deut. 32:49; 34:1).

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