Nebo Place Name

† I. נְבוֹ n.pr.loc. (prob. connex., at least for 2, with (Bab.) god Nebo, Nabû, cf. ii. נְבוֹ and BaeRel. 15, 89, 259; yet not certain, NöZMG xiii. 1888, 470 comp. Arabic النَبَاوَةُ the height, etc.): 𝔊 Ναβαυ;— 1. a. city in Moab Nu 32:3, 38 (where assigned to Reuben; both JE = נבה MI 14) Is 15:2 Je 48:1, 22 1 Ch 5:8; prob. on or near Mt. Nebo (v. infr.), cf. BuhlGeogr. 266 f. TristrMoab 338. b. city in Judah, בְּנֵי נ׳ Ezr 2:29 = אַנְשֵׁי נ׳ אַחֵר Ne 7:34 (the men of the other N., so disting.—si. אחר vera l, cf. Ryle—from a? or from another נֹב?), Ezr 10:43;—this נבו in Judah perhaps = נֹב 1 q.v. 2. mt. in Moab, where Moses dies Nu 33:47 Dt 32:49 (הַר־נְבוֹ), 34:1 (id.; all P), six miles W. of Heshbon according to Onom. (ed. Lag283). Prob. = mod. Nebâ at NE. corner of Dead Sea, SurveyE. Pal. i. 198 ff. GASmGeogr. 562 ff. BuhlGeogr. 266 f. TristrMoab 318, 338 MerrillE. of Jordan, 242 ff.—Cf. פִּסְגָּה" dir="rtl" >פִּסְגָּה.

† סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ n.pr.m. an officer of Nebuchad. according to MT Je 39:3 = (assumed) Šumgir Nabu (SchrCOT), but prob. textual error; Gie (plausibly) takes סמגר as crpt. dittogr. of רב מג, and joins נבו to foll., נבושׂרסכים = נְבוּשַׁזְבַּן, cf. v 13 and 𝔊 Σαμαγωθ (Σαμαγαδ, Σαμαγαρ, etc.) καὶ Ναβουσαχαρ.

† II. נְבוֹ n.pr.div. Nebo (loan-wd. in Heb., cf. Ph. n.pr.m. נבו; = Assyrian Nabû, SchrCOT Gloss. and Is 46:1 JastrowRel. Bab. 124 ff. JenKosmol.pass. TieleAssyrian u. Bab. Gesch. 532 f. SayRel.Bab. 112 ff. (cf. Palm. n.pr. נבוזבד, ברנבו VogPalm. No. 73), and this perhaps √ nabû, call, name, v. נבא);—Babylonian god כָּרַע בֵּל קֹרֵס נְבוֹ Is 46:1.