נְבוֹ
ne.vo
Nebo
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Nebo (H5015A): A Biblical Place Name Nebo is a proper noun appearing seven times in the Hebrew Bible, designating a specific geographical location rather than a common word with variable meanings. As a place name, it functions as a fixed reference point in biblical geography and narrative, similar to how modern place names operate in contemporary texts. The limited occurrence of Nebo (seven instances) suggests it held particular significance within certain biblical accounts or traditions, likely appearing in narratives, genealogies, or geographical descriptions concentrated in specific biblical books. Without additional context data showing which books contain these occurrences, we can note only that the name's repeated appearance indicates it was important enough to be preserved and referenced multiple times in the scriptural record. As a proper noun, Nebo's primary function was to identify and locate people, events, or religious significance to a particular place known by this name. The name itself appears to have maintained consistent reference across its biblical occurrences, serving as a geographical marker rather than a word whose meaning shifted or developed over time.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
Jeremiah 48:1Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
Jeremiah 48:22on Dibon, on Nebo, on Beth Diblathaim,
Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Numbers 32:38Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
Numbers 33:47They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
1 Chronicles 5:8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;