A town in Judah, possibly named after a person
Nebo
Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Ezra 2:29.
נְבוֹNebo
The name means “that speaks or prophesies.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Nebo Written by AI
Nebo is mentioned as a town in Judah whose inhabitants returned from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:29; Neh. 7:33). Some of its inhabitants are also listed among those who married foreign women during the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:43). It is possible that the town was named after an individual named Nebo, but no further information is provided in the Bible. The exact location of this town is unknown.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Nebo, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
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 seen 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.
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(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.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Ezra 2:29
the descendants of Nebo, 52;
- Ezra 10:43
And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
- Nehemiah 7:33
the men of the other Nebo, 52;
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.