Strong's H5015 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: נְבוֹ (Nᵉbôw)

Pronunciation: neb-o'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Nebo = "prophet"

Derivation: probably of foreign derivation;

Definition: Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Nebo.

Senses

1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth
2. a city in Moab and at one time assigned to Reuben; probably located on or near Mount Nebo
3. a city in Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came
4. the mountain where Moses died; located east of the Jordan opposite Jericho; site uncertain

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.