STRONGS NUMBER H5015

H5015. Nbow

I. נְבוֺ‎ proper name, of a location (probably connection, at least for

2, with (Babylonian) god Nebo, Nabû, compare II. נְבוֺ‎ and Bae^{Rel. 15. 89, 259}; yet not certain, Nö^{ZMG xiii. 1888, 470} compare Arabic the height, etc.): ᵐ5‎ 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 Buhl^{Geogr. 266 f.} Tristr^{Moab 338.}

b. city in Judah, נ ׳בְּנֵי‎ Ezra 2:29 = נ ׳אַנְשֵׁי אַחֵר‎ Nehemiah 7:34 (the men of the other N., so distinguished — si אחר‎ vera l., compare Ryle — from

a ? or from another נֹב‎ ?), Ezra 10:43; — this נבו‎ in Judah perhaps = נֹב‎ 1 q. v.

2 mountain in Moab, where Moses died Numbers 33:47; Deuteronomy 32:49 (הַרנְֿבוֺ‎), 34:1 (id.; all P), six miles west of Heshbon according to Onomastica (ed. Lag²⁸³). Probably = modern Nebâ at northeast corner of Dead Sea, Survey^{E. Pal. i. 198 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 562 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. 266 f.} Tristr^{Moab 318, 338} Merrill^{East 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, Schr^{COT Glossary and Isaiah 46:1} Jastr^{Rel. Babylonian 124 ff.} Jen^{Kosmol. pass.} Tiele^{Ass. u. Babylonian Geach. 532 f.} Say^{Rel. Bab 112 ff.} (compare Palmyrene proper name ברנבו נבוזבד,‎ Vog^{Palm. No. 73}), and this perhaps √ nabû, call, name, see נבא‎); — Babylonian god נְבוֺ קֹרֵם בֵּל כָּרַע‎ 46:1.