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Lexicon :: Strong's H5015 - nᵊḇô

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נְבוֹ
Transliteration
nᵊḇô
Pronunciation
neb-o'
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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 bdb061203 the height, etc.): Greek Version of the LXX 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H5015

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Strong's Number H5015 matches the Hebrew נְבוֹ (nᵊḇô),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:3 - “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:47 - And they set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:8 - and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:29 - The sons of Nebo, 52.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:33 - The men of the other Nebo, 52.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - He has gone up to the temple,[fn] and to Dibon,
to the high places[fn] to weep;
over Nebo and over Medeba
Moab wails.
On every head is baldness;
every beard is shorn;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste!
Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame and broken down;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:22 - and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
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