H5015Hebrewnəḇô

נְבוֹ

Nebo.

13
Total Occurrences
7
Books
13
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1(n pr m) a babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to greek hermes, latin mercury, and egyptian thoth
  • 2(n pr loc) a city in moab and at one time assigned to reuben; probably located on or near mount nebo
  • 3a city in judah (maybe benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from babylon with zerubbabel, originally came
  • 4the mountain where moses died; located east of the jordan opposite jericho; site uncertain

Etymology & Derivation

probably of foreign derivation;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Nᵉbôw; Pronunciation: neb-o'