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

• Nebo = "prophet"
• the mountain where Moses died; located east of the Jordan opposite Jericho
• Also named: a.va.rim (‎ע‎ֲ‎ב‎ָ‎ר‎ִ‎ים‎ "Abarim" עֲבָרִים)

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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Mount Nebo • The mountain where Moses viewed the Promised Land

Mount Nebo, also called Abarim, was the mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death.

• A location first mentioned at Deu.32.49;
• referred to as Nebo_Mount נְבוֹ, or Abarim עֲבָרִים.
  

Mount Nebo, also known as Abarim, was a mountain range east of the Jordan River in Moabite territory. It is most notably the place where Moses was directed by God to view the Promised Land before his death (Deut. 32:49; 34:1). God told Moses to go up to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, and view the land of Canaan, which He was giving to the Israelites (Deut. 3:27; 34:1-4). After seeing the land, Moses died on the mountain and was buried by God in an unknown location in the valley of Moab (Deut. 34:5-6). The Israelites, after wandering in the wilderness, camped in the mountains of Abarim before crossing the Jordan River into Canaan (Num. 33:47-48).

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