H5015

נבו

נבו
nabaw

Proper locative noun, proper masculine noun · Probably of foreign derivation

Probably of foreign derivation; Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine:—Nebo.

Outline

  1. Nebo = "prophet"
  2. proper masculine noun
    1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth
    2. proper locative noun
    3. a city in Moab and at one time assigned to Reuben; probably located on or near Mount Nebo
    4. a city in Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came
    5. the mountain where Moses died; located east of the Jordan opposite Jericho; site uncertain

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