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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 Bae^{Rel. 15. 89, 259}; yet not certain, Nö^{ZMG xiii. 1888, 470} compare Arabic the height, etc.): Ναβαυ; —

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 Buhl^{Geogr. 266 f.} Tristr^{Moab 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, 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 מִּסְגָּה.

† II. נְבוֺ proper name, of a divinity Nebo (loan-word in Hebrew, compare Phoenician proper name, masculine נבו; = Assyrian Nabû, Schr^{COT Glossary and Isaiah 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 Isaiah 46:1.

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