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Nbow

neb-o'

probably of foreign derivation; Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine:--Nebo.

Nebo = "prophet" n pr m

1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth n pr loc
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