Nebo
NEBO
1. A town in the vicinity of Bethel and Ai, Ezr 2:29 Neh 7:33 .2. A city of Reuben, Num 32:38, taken by the Moabites, who held it in the time of Jeremiah, Isa 15:2 Jer 48:1 .3. A mountain of Moab, whence Moses had a view of the promised land, and where he died. It is a summit of the range Abarim, “over against Jericho.” Seetzen, Burckhardy, etc., identify it with Mount Attarus, about ten miles north of the Arnon. Travelers do not observe any very prominent summit in the rage immediately opposite Jericho; but it has not yet fully explored, Deu 32:49 34:1-12.4. An idol of the Babylonians, Isa 46:1 . In the astrological mythology of the Babylonians, this idol probably represented the planet Mercury. It was also worshipped by the ancient Arabians. The extensive prevalence of this worship among the Chaldeans and Assyrians, is evident from the many compound proper names occurring in the Scriptures, of which this word forms part; as Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, Nebushasban, Jer 39:9,13 ; and also in the classics, as Naboned, Nabonassar, Nabopolassar, etc.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Nebo
(Septuagint, Nabau).
A town mentioned in several passages of the Old Testament, v.g., Numbers 32:3; Jeremias 48:1, 22; I Paralipomenon 5:8; Isaias 15:2, etc.
In Numbers 32:3, it is mentioned between Saban and Beon, the latter being an abbreviation of Baalmeon. In the same chapter, verse 38, it is again mentioned between Cariathaim and Baalmeon, and it is found associated with the same names on the Mesa Stone (line 14). These and other indications show that the town was situated in the vicinity of Mt. Nebo, but the precise location cannot be determined. It belonged to the rich pasture lands which the tribes of Ruben and Gad asked of Moses in the distribution of the territory (Numbers 32). The town had reverted to the Moabites at the time when Isaias prophesied against it (Isaiah 15:2; cf. Jeremiah 48:1, 22). Mesa (lines 14-18) boasts of having taken it from the Israelites. According to St. Jerome (Comment. in Isaias 15:2, in P.L., XXIV, 168), the sanctuary of the idol Chemosh was in Nabo.
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JAMES F. DRISCOLL Transcribed by Christine J. Murray
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Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Nebo
(Heb. Nebo’, , prob. of Chaldeaan origin, see below, No. 1), the name of a heathen deity, and of three places in or around Palestine. In treating of them we give a general description with references to collateral heads for farther details.
1. (Sept. , v.r. and [in Isaiah] even ; Vulg. Nabo.) The title of a Chaldaean idol or god which occurs both in Isaiah (66:1) and Jeremiah (68:1), being the name of a well-known deity of the Babylonians and Assvrians. The original native name was, in Hamitic Babylonian, Nabiu; in Shemitic Babylonian and Assyrian, Narbu. It is reasonably conjectured to be connected with the Hebrew ,”to prophesy” (see Gesenius, Thes. Heb. page 841), whence the common word , “prophet” (Arab. Neby). Nebo was the god who presided over learning and letters. He is called “the far-hearing,” “he who possesses intelligence,” he who teaches or instructs.” Generally, however, he enjoys the high-sounding titles of “Lord of lords,” “Holder of the sceptre of power,” etc. Hence Layard thinks the name is derived from the Egyptian Neb, “Lord” (Nineveh and Bab. page 77). The wedge or arrow-headt-the essential element of cuneiform writing appears to have been his emblem; and hence he bore the name of Tir, which signifies “a shaft or arrow.” His general character corresponds to that of the Egyptian Thoth, the Greek Hermes, and the Latin Mercury. Astronomically he is identified with the planet nearest the sun, called Nebo also by the Mendaeais, and Tir by the ancient Persians.
Nebo was of Babylonian rather than of Assyrian origin. In the early Assyrian Pantheon he occupies a very inferior position, being either omitted from the lists altogether, or occurring as the last of the minor gods. The king supposed to be Pul first brings him prominently forward in Assyria, and then apparently in consequence of some peculiar connection which he himself had with Babylon. A statue of Nebo was set up by this monarch at Calah (Nimrud),which is now in the British Museum. It has a long inscription, written across the body, and consisting chiefly of the god’s various epithets. In Babyloinia Nebo held a prominelnt place from an early time. The ancient town of Borsippa was especially under hiis protection, and the great temple there (the modern Birs-Nimrud) was dedicated to him from a very remote age. SEE BABEL, TOWER OF.
He was the tutelar god of the most important Babylonian kings, in whose names the word Nabu, or Nebo, appears as an element: e.g. Nabo-nassar, Nabopolassar, Nebu- chadnezzar, and Nabonadius or Labynetus; and appears to have been honored next to Belmerodach by the later kings. Nebuchadnezzar completely rebuilt his temple at Borsippa, and called after him his famous seaport upon the Persian Gulf, which became known to the Greeks as Teredon or Diridotis “given to Tir,” i.e., to Nebo. The worship of Nebo appears to have continued at Borsippa to the 3d or 4th century after Christ, and the Sabaeans of Haran may have preserved it even to a later date. (See Rawlinson’s Ilerodotus, 1:637-640; and his Ancient Mfonarchies, 1:140 sq.; and compare Norberg’s Onomasticon, s.v.; Chwolson, Sabier; Muinter, Babylonien, page 15.)
2. (Sept. ; Vulg. Nebo.) A name of the mountain () from which Moses took his first and last view of the Promised Land (Deu 32:49; Deu 34:1). It is so minutely described that it would seem impossible not to recognize it in the land of Moab; facing Jericho; the head or summit of a mountain called “the Pisgah,” which again seems to have formed a portion of the general range of the “mountains of Abarim.” Its position is further denoted by the mention of the valley (or perhaps more correctly the ravine) in which Moses was buried, and which was apparently one of the clefts of the mount itself (Deu 32:50) “the ravine in the land of Moab facing Beth-Peor” (Deu 34:6). Josephus, speaking of the death of Moses, says of Abarim, “It is a very high mountain opposite Jericho, and one that affords a prospect of the greater part of Canaan” (Ant. 4:8, 48). Eusebius and Jerome say that Nebo is a mountain “over the Jordan opposite Jericho in Moab, and until this day it is shown in the sixth mile west of Heshbon” (Onomast. s.v. Nabau). In another place they locate it between Heshbon and Livias (ibid& s.v. Abarim). Gesenius derives the name Nebo from the root , “to project;” and hence would signify a projection (Thesaurus, page 841). Others trace the name to the heathen deity Nebo, and suppose that there was an ancient high place on the peak where that deity was worshipped (Stanley, p. 294). For fuller information, see Ritter, Pal. und Syr. 2:1176 sq., 1186 sq.: Porter, Hand-book, page 299; Drew, Scripture Lands, page 96; Reland, Palaest. pages 342, 496.
Yet, notwithstanding the minuteness of the scriptural descriptions, till lately no one succeeded in pointing out any spot which answers to Nebo. Viewed from the western side of Jordan (the nearest point at which most travellers are able to view them) the mountains of Moab present the appearance of a wall or cliff, the upper line of which is almost straight and horizontal. “There is no peak or point perceptibly higher than the rest; but all is one apparently level line of summit without peaks or gaps” (Robinson, Bib. Res. 1:570). “On ne distingue pas un sommet, pas la moindre cime; seulement on apercoit, ca et la, de legres inflexions, comme si la main du peintre qui a trace cette ligne horizontale sur le ciel eut tremble dans quelques endroits” (Chateaubriand, Itineraire, part 3). “Possibly,” continues Robinson, “on travelling among these mountains, some isolated point or summit might be found answering to the position and character of Nebo.” Three such points have been named.
1. Seetzen (March 17, 1806; Reise, 1:408) seems to have been the first to suggest the Jebel Attarus (between the Wady Zerka-main and the Arnon, three miles below the former, and ten or twelve south of Heshbon) as the Nebo of Moses. In this he is followed (though probably without any communication) by Burckhardt (July 14, 1812), who mentions it as the highest point in that locality, and therefore probably “Mount Nebo of the Scripture.” This is adopted by Irby and Mangles, though with hesitation (Travels, June 8, 1818).
2. Another elevation above the general summit level of these highlands is the Jebel ‘Osha, or Ausha’, or Jebel el-Jil’ad, “the highest point in all the eastern mountains,” “overtopping the whole of the Belka, and rising about 3000 feet above the Ghor” (Burckhardt, July 2, 1812: Robinson, 1:527 note, 570).
But these eminences are alike wanting in one main essential of the Nebo of the Scripture, which is stated to have been “facing Jericho,” words which in the widest interpretation must imply that it was “some elevation immediately over the last stage of the Jordan,” while Osha and Attarius are equallyremote in opposite directions, the one fifteen miles north, the other fifteeii miles south of a line drawn eastward from Jericho. Another requisite for the identification is that a view should be obtainable from the summit, corresponding to that prospect over the whole land which Moses is said to have had from Mount Nebo. ‘The view from Jebel Jil’ad has, been briefly described by Dr. Porter (Handbook, page 309), though without reference to the possibility of its being Nebo. Of that from Jebel Attarus no description is extant, for, almost incredible as it seems, none of the travellers above named, although they believed it to be Nebo, appear to have made any attempt to deviate so far from their route as to ascend an eminence which, if their conjectures be correct, must be the most interesting spot in the world.
3. De Saulcey is the first traveller who discovered the name still extant in Jebel Nebbah, an eminence on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, not far from its northern end (Voyage en Terre Sainte, 1:289 sq.). The duc de Luynes, however, appears to have been the first to actually visit and accurately locate the summit (Voyage, under April 13, 1864). Mr. Tristram next visited it, and he graphically describes the outlook from its top (Land of Israel, page 536 sq.; comp. also his Land ofMoab, page 338 sq.). The place in question lies nearly four miles southwest of Hesban. Prof. Paine, of the American Exploring Party, carefully examined it, and has given a detailed report of his researches and conclusions (in the “Third Statement” of the Am. Pal. Exploration Soc., N.Y. January 1875), in which, while admitting the identity of the modern and ancient names and localities, he enters into a minute argument to prove that Pisgah was a specific title of the particular spot on which Moses stood rather than a general name of the entire range, as usually held. SEE PISGAH.
3. (Sept. ; Vulg. Nebo, Nabo.) A town on the eastern side of Jordan, situated in the pastoral country (Num 32:3), one of those which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Reuben (Num 32:38). In these lists it is associated with Kirjathaim and Baalmeon or Beon; and in another record (1Ch 5:8) with Aroer, as marking one extremity, possibly the west, of a principal part of the tribe. In the remarkable prophecy uttered by Isaiah (Isa 15:2) and Jeremiah (48:1, 22) concerning Moab, Nebo is mentioned in the same connection as before, though no longer an Israelitish town, but in the hands of Moab. It does not occur in the catalogue of the towns of Reuben in Joshua (Jos 13:15-23); but whether this is an accidental omission, or whether it appears under another name according to the statement of Num 32:38, that the Israelites changed the names of the heathen cities they retained in this district is uncertain. In the case of Nebo, which was doubtless called after the deity of that name, there would be a double reason for such a change (see Jos 23:7). There is nothing positive except the name to show that there was a connection between Nebo the town and Mount Nebo. The notices of Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast.) are confused, but they rather denote that the two were distinct, and distant from each other. The town (, Nabo) they identify with Nobah and Kenath, and locate it eight miles south of Heshbon, where the ruins of el-Habis appear to stand at present; while the mountain (, Nabau) is stated to be six miles east (Jeremiah) or west (Euseb.) from the same spot. But the former statement is certainly an error; and hence we may presume that the town and the mountain were not distinct, especially as we find the associated towns (Medeba and Baal-meon) in the same vicinity. In the list of places south of es-Salt given by Dr. Robinson (Bib. Res. 3, App. page 170) one occurs named Neba, which may be identical with Nebo. It perhaps indicates the ruins now extant on the present Jebel Nebbah, or Mount Nebo (above).
4. (Sept. v.r. ; in Nehemiah v.r. ; Vulg. Nebo.) The children of Nebo (BeneNebo), to the number of fifty-two, are mentioned in the catalogue of the men of Judah and Benjamin who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:29; Neh 7:33; in the latter passage, “the other Nebo,” for some not very obvious distinction). Seven of them had foreign wives, whom they were compelled to discard (Ezr 10:43). The name occurs between Bethel and Ai and Lydda, which, if we may trust the arrangement of the list, implies that it was situated in the territory of Benjamin to the north-west of Jerusalem. It is possibly the modern Beit-Nibah, about twelve miles north-west by west of Jerusalem, eight from Lydda, and close to Yalo; apparently the place mentioned by Jerome (Ononast. Anab and Anob; and Epit. Paulm, 8) as Nob the city of the priests (though that identification is hardly admissible), and both in his and later times known as Bethannaba or Bettenuble. It became celebrated in the time of the Crusades as the site of Castellum Arnaldi, built by the patriarch of Jerusalem to defend the road to the holy city (Will. Tyr. 14:8). It was afterwards visited by Richard of England in A.D. 1192 (Robinson, Bib. Res. 2:254; Porter, Hand-book, page 286).
It is possible that this Nebo was an offshoot of that on the east of Jordan; in which case we have another town added to those already noticed in the territory of Benjamin which retain the names of foreign and heathen settlers.
A town named Nomba is mentioned by the Sept. (not in Heb.) among the places in the south of Judah frequented by David (1Sa 30:30), but its situation forbids any attempt to identify this with Nebo.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nebo (2)
(Ezr 2:29; Neh 7:33). For this site Lieut. Conder proposes (Tent Work, 2:339) Nuba, seven miles north-west of Hebron, described in the Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey (3:309) as “a small village perched on a low hill, with a well about a mile to the east.”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nebo
proclaimer; prophet. (1.) A Chaldean god whose worship was introduced into Assyria by Pul (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 48:1). To this idol was dedicated the great temple whose ruins are still See n at Birs Nimrud. A statue of Nebo found at Calah, where it was set up by Pul, king of Assyria, is now in the British Museum.
(2.) A mountain in the land of Moab from which Moses looked for the first and the last time on the Promised Land (Deut. 32:49; 34:1). It has been identified with Jebel Nebah, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, near its northern end, and about 5 miles south-west of Heshbon. It was the summit of the ridge of Pisgah (q.v.), which was a part of the range of the “mountains of Abarim.” It is about 2,643 feet in height, but from its position it commands a view of Western Palestine. Close below it are the plains of Moab, where Balaam, and afterwards Moses, saw the tents of Israel spread along.
(3.) A town on the east of Jordan which was taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:3, 38; 1 Chr. 5:8). It was about 8 miles south of Heshbon.
(4.) The “children of Nebo” (Ezra 2:29; Neh. 7:33) were of those who returned from Babylon. It was a town in Benjamin, probably the modern Beit Nubah, about 7 miles north-west of Hebron.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Nebo (1)
1. A town of Moab, taken possession of by Reuben. Also the Mount of Moab, from which Moses viewed Canaan (Deu 32:49; Deu 34:1). Pisgah was a ridge of the Abarim mountains, W. from Heshbon. Nebo was a part of Pisgah named from the town, NEBO close by. Isa 15:2, “Moab shall howl ‘at’ (al) Nebo.” (Jer 48:1; Num 32:3; Num 32:38; Num 33:47). As Israel’s encampment was “before Nebo,” i.e. to the E. of Nebo, probably Nebo was on Pisgah’s western slope. The peakless, horizontal straightness of the ridge caused the parts to be distinguished only by the names of adjoining villages. As Nebo “faced Jericho,” and “the ravine of Moses’ burying place in Moab faced Beth-Peor,” Attarus suggested by Seetzen is too far S., and jebel el Jilad too far N. to correspond. Grove suggests jebel Nebbah, S. of wady Hesban.
2. “The other (town) NEBO” was W. of Jordan, in Benjamin (Ezr 2:29; Ezr 10:43; Neh 7:33). Perhaps Beit Nubah.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Nebo (2)
The idol of Babylon and Assyria. Nabiu (Hamitic Babylonian), Nabu (Semitic Babylonian). Related to Hebrew nabi, “inspired,” “prophet.” Described as “the far hearing,” “he of intelligence, who teaches.” The cuneiform arrow head is his emblem; hence named Tir, “arrow.” Answering the Egyptian “Thoth,” the Greek “Hermes,” “Mercury,” the “inspired” interpreter or nabiy of the gods, designated in one place “inventor of the writing of the royal tablets.” Presided over learning and letters. Pul, from some special connection with Babylon (Ivalush III) gave Nebo a prominence in Assyrian worship which he had not before.
A statue of Nebo with the god’s epithets written across the body, set up at Calah by Pul, is in the British Museum. Babylon from early ages held Nebo among the chief gods. At Birs Nimrud (Borsippa) was his ancient temple, which Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt. He also called his seaport on the Persian gulf Teredon, i.e. given to Tir equalling Nebo. The names Nabo-nassar, Nabo-polassar, Nebu-chadnezzar, Nabo-nadius, show Nebo was their guardian god. The tower of Nebo had the form of the seven spheres. Nebo’s sphere has the blue sacred to him. But “Nebo stoopeth,” i.e. is prostrate, “a burden to the weary beast” of the conqueror who carried the idol away; so far was Nebo from saving Babylon (Isa 46:1; 1Sa 5:3-4; Psa 20:8).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
NEBO
Mount Nebo was a prominent peak in the hilly region of Abarim on the Moabite tableland, east of the Jordan River (Num 33:47). It was the place where the aged Moses went to view the promised land and where, a short time later, he died (Deu 32:49-50; Deu 34:1; Deu 34:5-6; see ABARIM).
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Nebo
NEBO.The name of a Moabite town, a mountain in Moab, and (according to the Hebrew text) of a city of Judah. It is probable, though not quite certain, that these places were named after the Babylonian deity Nebo (see preced. art.), and thus point to the influence of the Babylonian cult at a remote period both E. and W. of the Jordan.
1. Nebo, a city of Judah (Ezr 2:29; Ezr 10:43 [1Es 9:35 Noomias], Neh 7:29], identified by some with Beit Nub, 12 miles N.W. of Jerusalem. This Nebo is the Nobai (a signatory to the covenant) of Neh 10:20. Whether either form exactly corresponds to the original name is uncertain.
2. The Moabite town called Nebo is mentioned in Num 32:3; Num 32:33; Num 33:47, Isa 15:2, Jer 48:1; Jer 48:22, 1Ch 5:8, and also in the inscription of Mesha, who says: And Chemosh said unto me, Go take Nebo against Israel. The exact site is unknown, but the town probably lay on, or near, Mt. Nebo.
3. Mount Nebo is the traditional site of Moses view of Canaan (Deu 34:1 f.) and of his death (Deu 32:50). It is described as being in the land of Moab over against Jericho and as reached from the steppes of Moah (Deu 34:1). There can be no question that this description implies some point on the edge of the great platean of Moab, which drops steeply some 4000 feet to the Jordan Valley or the Dead Sea. Two related problems call for solution: Which point in particular on this edge of the plateau is Mt. Nebo? How does the actual view thence agree with the terms of Deu 34:1 f.? There appears to be most reason for identifying Mt. Nebo with the point now called Neb, and the identification might be regarded as certain if we could feel sure that Neb is really an ancient name, and not merely (as it may be) the name attached to the summit after tradition had claimed it as the Nebo of the Bible. Neb lies about 12 miles almost due E. of the Jordan at the point where the river enters the Dead Sea, and is one of the summits most easily ascended from the steppes of Moah. In this respect it satisfies the description better than the other sites which have been proposed, (1) the somewhat loftier Mt. Attrus 10 miles farther south, and (2) Mt. Osh some 20 miles north of Mt. Neb and a finer point of view, but outside Moab. The view from each of these great points and from several others along the great mountain wall which encloses the Jordan Valley on the E. is extensive and impressive; but its limitations in some directions are also sharply defined. Northward (or, strictly, between N. and N.N.W.) the view extends far; from Mt. Neb, for example, it is possible to see Mt. Tabor, 70 miles away. Westwards, on the other hand, it is blocked at from 30 to 40 miles by the great wall formed by the sharp declivity of the Judan plateau to the Jordan Valley. This western mountain wall is of approximately the same height as the Moabite wall on the E. Consequently from no point in Moab is it possible to see the hinder sea, i.e. the Mediterranean; nor is it possible to see more than about one-third of the country between Jordan and the Mediterranean. It follows that the description in Deu 34:1 f. is inaccurate not only in mentioning specific features (the Mediterranean, Dan, probably Zoar) which are out of sight, but in giving the general impression that the view commanded the whole of Western Palestine, whereas it actually commands but a third. The difficulty could be in part overcome by considering Deu 34:2-3 (together with the words of Gilead unto Dan in v. 1) an editors note explaining the phrase all the land. It is significant that this detailed description is absent from the Samaritan text, which has, instead, a shorter description which defines the land of Israel but not the view. For a further discussion of the view from Neb, see Expositor, Nov. 1904, pp. 321341. See also art. Pisgah.
G. B. Gray.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Nebo
NEBO (Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] Nab, Announcer).A Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] deity who presided over literature and science. The cuneiform system of writing was credited to his invention. He was the son and messenger of Bel-Marduk; whose will to mortals he interpreted. The planet Mercury was sacred to Nebo. The chief centre of his worship was the temple of E-Zida in Borsippa, between which and the temple of Marduk in Babylon took place the great annual processions of which we find a reminiscence in Isa 46:1 f. The name Neho appears as an element in many Babylonian namesNehuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan, Abed-nego (properly Abed-nebo), etc.
W. M. Nesbit.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Nebo
We meet with this name for three different places. There was a city of the Reubenites called Nebo, (Num 32:38) -and according to Jeremiah, in his days the Moabites had it in possession. (Jer 48:1-47) There was also a city of Judah of this name in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Ezr 2:29; Neh 7:33) And the famous mountain on which Moses died was called Nebo. (Deu 34:1; Deu 34:5) One of the idols of Babylon bore the name of Nebo. (Isa 46:1) The root of the name seems to be much the same as that of Nebat.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Nebo (1)
nebo (, nebho; Assyrian Nabu): The Babylonian god of literature and science. In the Babylonian mythology he is represented as the son and interpreter of Bel-merodach (compare Isa 46:1; Bel and Nebo there represent Babylon). His own special shrine was at Borsippo. His planet was Mercury. His name enters into Biblical names, as Nebuchadnezzar, and perhaps Abed-nego (Dan 1:7, for Abed-nebo, servant of Nebo). See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Nebo (2)
(, nebho; , Nabau):
(1) This town is named in Num 32:3 between Sebam and Beon (which latter evidently represents Baal-meon of Num 32:38), after Heshbon and Elealeh, as among the cities assigned by Moses to Reuben. It was occupied by the Reubenite clan Bela (1Ch 5:8). Here it is named between Aroer and Baalmeon. In their denunciations of wrath against Moab, Isaiah names it along with Medeba (Isa 15:2) and Jeremiah with Kiriathaim (Jer 48:1), and again (Jer 48:22) between Dibon and Beth-diblathaim. Mesha (M S) says that by command of Chemosh he went by night against the city, captured it after an assault that lasted from dawn till noon, and put all the inhabitants to death. He dedicated the place to Ashtar-chemosh. Jerome (Commentary on Isa 15:2) tells us that at Nebo was the idol of Chemosh. The site which seems best to meet the requirements of the passages indicated is on the ridge of Jebel Neba to the Southwest of Hesban, where ruins of an ancient town bearing the name of en-Neba are found (Buhl, GAP, 266).
(2) (, nebho; B, , Nabou A, , Nabo, and other forms): Fifty-two descendants of the inhabitants of Nebo returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:29; Neh 7:33). The place was in Judah and is named after Bethel and Ai. There is nothing, however, to guide us as to its exact position. It may be represented by either Belt Nuba, 12 miles Northwest of Jerusalem, or Nuba, which lies about 4 miles South-Southeast of Id el-Ma’ (Adullam).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Nebo
Nebo, 1
Nebo, a Chaldean idol mentioned in Isa 46:1, and supposed to have been the symbol of the planet Mercury, the celestial scribe and interpreter of the gods, answering to the Hermes and Anubis of the Egyptians. He was likewise worshipped by the Sabians in Arabia. The divine worship paid to this idol by the Chaldeans and Assyrians is attested by many compound proper names of which it forms part, as Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, Nebuhashban; besides others mentioned in classical writers,Nabonedus, Nabonassar, Naburianus, Nabonabus, Nabopolassar.
Nebo, 2
Nebo, the name of a mountain on the confines of Moab (Deu 32:49; Deu 34:1), and of a town near it (Num 32:3; Num 32:38; Isa 15:2). Since the time of Seetzen and Burckhardt, Mount Nebo has been usually identified with Mount Attarus, east of the Dead Sea.
Nebo, 3
Nebo, a town in the tribe of Judah (Ezr 2:29); or more fully, in order to distinguish it from the preceding, ‘the other Nebo’ (Neh 7:33).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Nebo
[Ne’bo]
1. City of Reuben, east of the Jordan. Num 32:3; Num 32:38; Num 33:47; 1Ch 5:8. It is denounced in the prophets as belonging to Moab. Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1; Jer 48:22.
2. City whose inhabitants or ‘children’ returned from exile. Ezr 2:29; Neh 7:33.
3. One whose descendants had married strange wives. Ezr 10:43.
4. A Chaldean idol whose name as Nabo or Nebu is probably incorporated in some of the Chaldaic proper names. Isa 46:1.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Nebo
H5015
1. A city allotted to Reuben:
– General references
Num 32:3; Num 32:38; 1Ch 5:8
– Prophecies concerning
Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1; Jer 48:22
2. A mountain range east of the Jordan:
– Moses views Canaan from
Deu 32:49-50
– Moses dies on
Deu 34:1
3. A city in Judah
Ezr 2:29; Neh 7:33
4. The ancestor of certain Jews
Ezr 10:43
5. A Babylonian idol
Isa 46:1
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Nebo
Nebo (n’bo), proclaimer. 1. One of the Assyrian deities, who is represented, with Bel, as being unable to resist the destruction to which Cyrus subjected their idols. Isa 46:1. This god was called “he who possesses intelligence,” and statues of him are still preserved. 2. A mountain of Moab “over against Jericho.” Deu 32:49. “And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,… and the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead unto Dan.” Deu 34:1. Nebo was a mountain in the range of mountains called Abarim. While the discussions respecting Pisgah have been sharp, the majority of explorers and scholars agree in identifying Nebo with the northem end of the Abarim range. See Pisgah. 3. A city east of the Jordan; rebuilt by the Gadites, Num 32:3; Num 32:38; Num 33:47; captured by the Moabites. Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1; Jer 48:22. It was eight miles south of Heshbon; perhaps el Hbis. 4. A town in Benjamin, Neh 7:33; possibly Nuba, 7 miles northwest of Hebron.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Nebo
Ne’bo. (prophet).
1. A town of Reuben, on the east side of Jordan. Num 32:3; Num 32:38. In the remarkable prophecy adopted by Isaiah, Isa 15:2, and Jeremiah, Jer 48:1; Jer 48:26, concerning Moab, Nebo is mentioned in the same connection as before, but in the hands of Moab.
Eusebius and Jerome identify it with Nobah or Kerrath, and place it eight miles south of Heshbon, where the ruins of el-Habis appear to stand at present. (Professor Paine identifies it with some ruins on Mount Nebo, a mile south of its summit, and Dr. Robinson seems to agree with this. — Editor).
2. The children of Nebo, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:29; Ezr 10:43; Neh 7:33. The name occurs between Bethel and Ai and Lydda, which implies that it was situated in the territory of Benjamin, to the northwest of Jerusalem. This is possibly the modern Beit-Nubah, about 12 miles northwest by west of Jerusalem, 8 miles from Lydda.
3. Nebo, which occurs both in Isaiah, Isa 46:11, and Jeremiah, Jer 45:1, as the name of a Chaldean god, is a well known deity of the Babylonians and Assyrians. He was the god, who presided over learning and letters. His general character corresponds to that of the Egyptian, Thoth; the Greek, Hermes; and the Latin, Mercury.
Astronomically, he is identified with the planet nearest the sun. In Babylonia, Nebo held a prominent place from an early time. The ancient town of Borsippa was especially under his protection, and the great temple here, the modern Birs-Nimrud, was dedicated to him, from a very remote age. He was the tutelar god of the most important Babylonian kings, in whose names the word, Nabu or Nebo, appears as an element.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
NEBO
(1) Mount of. SEE Mountains,
(2) An Idol
Isa 46:1
(3) Town and District
Num 32:3; 1Ch 5:8; Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Nebo
the name of an idol of the Babylonians: Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, Isa 46:1. The word Nebo comes from a root that signifies to prophesy, and therefore may stand for an oracle. There is some probability in the opinion of Calmet, that Bel and Nebo are but one and the same deity, and that Isaiah made use of these names as synonymous. The god Bel was the oracle of the Babylonians. The name Nebo, or Nabo, is found in the composition of the names of several princes of Babylon; as Nabonassar, Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, Nebushasban, &c.