Original: נְבֹו

Transliteration: Nᵉbôw

Phonetic: neb-o'

Short Definition: Nebo

Original: נבו

Transliteration: nebô

Phonetic: neb-o'

BDB Definition:

Nebo = "prophet"

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

Origin: probably of foreign derivation

TWOT entry: 1279,1280

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H5014, H5018, H5019, H5021, H5022