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נְבוֹ

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Nebo

§ Nebo = "prophet" a city in Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.

3 occurrences

Ezra (2), Nehemiah (1)