Lexicon :: Strong's H5015 - nᵊḇô

נְבוֹ
Transliteration
nᵊḇô
Pronunciation
neb-o'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1279,1280

Strong’s Definitions

נְבוֹ Nᵉbôw, neb-o'; probably of foreign derivation; Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine:—Nebo.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H5015 in the following manner: Nebo (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H5015 in the following manner: Nebo (13x).
  1. Nebo = "prophet"

    proper masculine noun
    1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth

      proper locative noun
    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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְבוֹ Nᵉbôw, neb-o'; probably of foreign derivation; Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine:—Nebo.
STRONGS H5015: Abbreviations
† I. נְבוֺ proper name, of a location (probably connection, at least for 2, with (Babylonian) god Nebo, Nabû, compare II. נְבוֺ and BaeRel. 15. 89, 259; yet not certain, NöZMG xiii. 1888, 470 compare Arabic the height, etc.): Ναβαυ; —
1.
a. city in Moab Numbers 32:3, 38 (where assigned to Reuben; both J E = נבה MI14) Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:1, 22; 1 Chronicles 5:8; probably on or near Mt. Nebo (see below), compare BuhlGeogr. 266 f. TristrMoab 338.
b. city in Judah, בְּנֵי נ׳ Ezra 2:29 = אַחֵר אַנְשֵׁי נ׳ Nehemiah 7:34 (the men of the other N., so distinguished — si אחר vera lectio, compare Ryle — from a ? or from another נֹב ?), Ezra 10:43; — this נבו in Judah perhaps = נֹב 1 which see.
2. mountain in Moab, where Moses died Numbers 33:47; Deuteronomy 32:49 (הַרנְֿבוֺ), Deuteronomy 34:1 (id.; all P), six miles west of Heshbon according to Onomastica (ed. Lag283). Probably = modern Nebâ at northeast corner of Dead Sea, SurveyE. Pal. i. 198 ff. GASmGeogr. 562 ff. BuhlGeogr. 266 f. TristrMoab 318, 338 MerrillEast of Jordan, 242 ff. — compare מִּסְגָּה.


† II. נְבוֺ proper name, of a divinity Nebo (loan-word in Hebrew, compare Phoenician proper name, masculine נבו; = Assyrian Nabû, SchrCOT Glossary and Isaiah 46:1 JastrRel. Babylonian 124 ff. JenKosmol. pass. TieleAss. u. Babylonian Geach. 532 f. SayRel. Bab 112 ff. (compare Palmyrene proper name נבוזבד, ברנבו VogPalm. No. 73), and this perhaps √ nabû, call, name, see נבא); — Babylonian god כָּרַע בֵּל קֹרֵם נְבוֺ Isaiah 46:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

32:3; 32:38; 33:47

Deuteronomy

32:49; 34:1

1 Chronicles

5:8

Ezra

2:29; 10:43

Nehemiah

7:34

Isaiah

15:2; 46:1; 46:1

Jeremiah

48:1; 48:22