Strongs Number: H5015
- Hebrew Word
- נְבוֹ
- Transliteration
- Nᵉbôw
- Phonetic
- neb-o'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
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{Nebo} the name of a Babylonian {deity} also of a mountain in {Moab} and of a place in Palestine
- BDB Definition
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Nebo = "prophet" n pr m
1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth n pr loc
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
- Origin
- Probably of foreign derivation
- Bible Usage
- Nebo.