נְבוֹ
nevo · Nebo
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5015 · appears 13 times in the Bible
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nevo (נְבוֹ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Nebo”.
The mountain from which Moses saw the land; also a city east of the Jordan, another in Judah and a god of Babylon (Isaiah 46:1).
How to say it
ne·vo
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Nebo
Today: Mount Nebo, western Jordan
A mountain east of the Dead Sea in Moab (today Jordan), across from Jericho.
Moses went up there, saw the promised land, and died (Deut 34:1-5).
Where it appears
- Numbers 32:3
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:38
Nebo, and Baal-meon —their names changed— and Sibmah; and they gave names to the cities that they built.
- Numbers 33:47
They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- Deuteronomy 32:49
“Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho, and see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession.
- Deuteronomy 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and YHWH showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan,
- 1 Chronicles 5:8
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel; he lived in Aroer, and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
- Ezra 2:29
the sons of Nebo, fifty-two;
- Ezra 10:43
Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai and Joel, Benaiah.
- Nehemiah 7:33
the men of the other Nebo, fifty-two;
- Isaiah 15:2
He goes up to the house and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails; on all its heads baldness, every beard shaved off.
- Isaiah 46:1
Bel bends, Nebo stoops; their idols are for the animals and for the livestock; the things you carried are loaded, a load for the weary beast.
- Jeremiah 48:1
Concerning Moab. Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is captured; the high refuge is put to shame and dismayed.
- Jeremiah 48:22
and upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim,