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 Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came

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_2 • A town in Judah, possibly named after a person

Nebo was a town in Judah, possibly named after a person, whose inhabitants returned from the Babylonian exile.

• A location first mentioned at Ezr.2.29;
• only referred to as Nebo נְבוֹ.
  

Nebo is mentioned as a town in Judah whose inhabitants returned from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:29; Neh. 7:33). Some of its inhabitants are also listed among those who married foreign women during the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:43). It is possible that the town was named after an individual named Nebo, but no further information is provided in the Bible. The exact location of this town is unknown.

All entries for Nebo: נְבוֹ