H5011

נֹב

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Nob

§ Nob = "high place" a priestly city in the Benjamin situated on some eminence north but near Jerusalem

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נֹב

proper name, of a location1. ancient priestly city 1Sam 22:19 compare v1Sam 22:11 with ה locative נֹ֫בֶה (Ges«GKC:90»§ 90, 2 near the end), 1Sam 21:2; 1Sam 22:9 ᵐ5 Νομβα, Νομμα, Νοβα, etc.; perhaps = נְבוֺ (q. v.) Ezra 2:29 = Neh 7:33; Ezra 10:43, ᵐ5 Ναβσυ, Ναβια, etc. Site dubious; on Jerome's identification with Nobe near Lydda compare BuhlGeogr. 189; a B¢t N¥b¹ lies approximately 13 miles west-northwest from Jerusalem, approximately 10 miles southeast from Lydda.
2. Isa 10:32 just north of Jerusalem, station in (ideal) Assyr. march; compare Neh 11:32 (inhabitants by Benjamites); perhaps =
1. — 2Sam 21:6 read גֹּב (q. v. p.146 above)


5 occurrences

I Samuel (3), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1)