Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Nebuchadrezzar (Heb. Nebuchadrets’tsar, ; Sept. ), a less usual but more correJer 21:2(JJer 21:7 Jer 21:7; Jer 22:25; Jer 24:1; Jer 25:1; Jer 25:9; Jer 29:21; Jer 32:1; Jer 32:28; Jer 35:11; Jer 37:1; Jer 39:1; Jer 39:11; Jer 43:10; Jer 44:30; Jer 46:2; Jer 46:13; Jer 46:26; Jer 49:28; Jer 49:30; Jer 1:17; Jer … Continue reading “Nebuchadrezzar”

Nebuchadnezzar The Great son and successor of Nabopolassar, succeeded to the kingdom of Chaldea, A.M. 3399. Some time previously to this, Nabopolassar had associated him in the kingdom, and sent him to recover Carchemish, which had been conquered from him four years before by Necho, king of Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar, having been successful, marched against the … Continue reading “Nebuchadnezzar The Great”

Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar [Nebuchadnez’zar] [Nebuchadrez’zar] Nabu – ku – dur – ri – u – su – ur Nebuchadnessar Son of Nabopolassar and virtually founder of the later kingdom of Babylon, the first of the four great Gentile empires. Nebuchadnezzar acted as his father’s general and defeated Pharaoh-necho at Carchemish, B.C. 606. Jer 46:2. Judah … Continue reading “NEBUCHADNEZZAR OR NEBUCHADREZZAR”

Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar neb-u-kad-nezar, -rezar: Nebuchadnezzar, the second king of Babylon of that name, is best known as the king who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried the people of the Jews captive to Babylon. Of all the heathen monarchs mentioned by name in the Scriptures, Nebuchadnezzar is the most prominent and the most important. The … Continue reading “Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar”

NEBUCHADNEZZAR Called in Jeremiah Nebuchadnezzar, the son and successor of Nabopolassar, succeeded to the kingdom of Chaldea about 600 B. C. He had been some time before associated in the kingdom, and sent to recover Carchemish, which had been wrested from the empire by Necho king of Egypt. Having been successful, he marched against the … Continue reading “Nebuchadnezzar”

Nebrissensis is the surname of the Spanish Erasmus, Antonio de Lebrixa. SEE LEBRIJA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nebridius, a friend of St. Augustine Nebridius (4), an intimate friend of St. Augustine, and probably of about the same age, described by him as very good and of a very cautious disposition. While Augustine was at Carthage under the influence of Manichean doctrine, it was partly through Nebridius and Vindicianus that he was induced … Continue reading “Nebridius, a friend of St. Augustine”

Nebraska The 37th state to be admitted to the United States, 1 March 1867. One of the earliest Catholic settlements of Nebraska was founded in Dakota County in 1855 by a group under the leadership of Reverend J. F. Tracy. It was known as Saint Patrick Settlement, and from his church of Saint John, Father … Continue reading “Nebraska”

Nebo, Mount A mountain of the Abarim range, east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, from which Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 32), and where he died (Deuteronomy 34). The location of Mount Nebo is doubtful, but it is identified by some with the modern Jebel Neba, a ridge on a plateau southwest … Continue reading “Nebo, Mount”

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 … Continue reading “Nebo”