Word Study · Strong's H5015 · Hebrew
נְבוֹ
Nebo
neb-o'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nᵉbôw
“Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Nebo.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- נְב֔וֹ3
- נְב֞וֹ2
- נְב֖וֹ2
- וּנְב֖וֹ1
- נְב֗וֹ1
- נְב֛וֹ1
- נְבוֹ֙1
- נְב֑וֹ1
- נְבֽוֹ׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Nebo12
- and Nebo1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)9
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 9
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HNpt · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Numbers3 of 13 · 23%
- Deuteronomy2 of 13 · 15%
- Ezra2 of 13 · 15%
- Isaiah2 of 13 · 15%
- Jeremiah2 of 13 · 15%
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Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 32:3וּנְב֖וֹunevoconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,here: and Nebo
- Numbers 32:38נְב֞וֹnevoproper noun (a name)as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.here: Nebo
- Numbers 33:47נְבֽוֹ׃nevoproper noun (a name)They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.here: Nebo
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 32:49נְב֗וֹnevoproper noun (a name)“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.here: Nebo
- Deuteronomy 34:1נְב֔וֹnevoproper noun (a name)Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,here: Nebo
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Ezra2 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 15:2נְב֞וֹnevoproper noun (a name)Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.here: Nebo
- Isaiah 46:1נְב֔וֹnevoproper noun (a name)Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.here: Nebo
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 48:1נְבוֹ֙nevoproper noun (a name)Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.here: Nebo
- Jeremiah 48:22נְב֔וֹnevoproper noun (a name)upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,here: Nebo