H5028 H5028
Nebat — father of Jeroboam I, appearing only in the patronymic formula 'Jeroboam son of Nebat'
Nevat (Nebat) is known exclusively as the father of Jeroboam I, the first king of the breakaway northern kingdom of Israel. The name appears 25 times in the Hebrew Bible, and in every single instance it occurs within the fixed patronymic formula 'Jeroboam son of Nebat' — never independently. This formulaic repetition serves a pointed literary purpose: the Deuteronomistic historian uses 'Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin' as a recurring refrain of condemnation against every subsequent northern king who perpetuated the calf-worship at Dan and Bethel (1 Kgs 15:1; 16:26, 31; 22:53; 2 Kgs 3:3; 10:29; 13:2, 11; 14:24; 15:9, 18, 24, 28; 17:21; 23:15). The name itself may relate to the root navat ('to look, regard'), and the Septuagint renders it Nabath/Nabat. The patronymic also appears in the Chronicler's parallel accounts (2 Chr 9:29; 10:2, 15; 13:6). Spanish 'Nabat/Nebat,' French 'Nebath,' and German 'Nebat' vary only slightly.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The father of Jeroboam I, appearing solely in the stereotyped patronymic 'Jeroboam son of Nebat' across Kings and Chronicles. The name likely derives from the root navat ('to look, regard'); the LXX renders it Nabath. Its 25 occurrences serve the Deuteronomistic historian's theological program: 'Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin' becomes the benchmark against which every northern king is measured (1 Kgs 11:26; 15:1; 16:26; 2 Kgs 3:3; 10:29; 13:2; 17:21; 23:15). No independent tradition about Nebat himself survives. 25×
AR["نَباط", "نَباطَ", "نَبَاطَ"]·ben["নবাটের", "নবাটের।", "নেবাটের"]·DE["Nebat", "Nevat"]·EN["Nebat", "Nevat"]·FR["Nebat", "Nebath"]·heb["נְבָט", "נבט"]·HI["नबाट-का", "नबात", "नबात-का", "नबात-के", "नवात", "नेबात", "नेवात-के"]·ID["-Nebat", "Nebat"]·IT["Nebat", "Nevat"]·jav["Nebat", "Nébat"]·KO["네백의", "느받", "느밟", "느밟의", "느밧-의", "느밧의"]·PT["Nebate", "Nevat"]·RU["-Невата", "Навата", "Невата"]·ES["Nabat", "Nebat", "Nevat"]·SW["Nebati"]·TR["Nevat", "Nevat'ın"]·urd["نبات", "نباط", "نباط-کا", "نباط-کے", "نبط-کے"]
1 Kgs 11:26, 1 Kgs 12:2, 1 Kgs 12:15, 1 Kgs 15:1, 1 Kgs 16:3, 1 Kgs 16:26, 1 Kgs 16:31, 1 Kgs 21:22, 1 Kgs 22:52, 2 Kgs 3:3, 2 Kgs 9:9, 2 Kgs 10:29 (+13 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נְבָט n.pr.m. father of Jerob. I (cf. Sab. נבט, נבטאל, v. נָבַט supr.);—only in phrase יָֽרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט 1 K 11:26; 12:2, 15; 15:1; 16:3, 26, 31; 21:22; 22:53 2 K 3:3; 9:9; 10:29; 13:2, 11; 14:24; 15:9, 18, 24, 28; 17:21; 23:15 2 Ch 9:29; 10:2, 15; 13:6. 𝔊 Ναβαθ, Ναβατ.