Nebo
/ˈniːboʊ/noun
A proper name, especially of Mount Nebo in Jordan, traditionally identified as the mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land.
Did you know?The name Nebo is commonly connected with Nabû, the Mesopotamian deity who recorded the fates of kings and was associated with writing and scribal power.
Etymological Timeline
2nd–1st Millennium BCE
Akkadian
Nabû
“The name of a Mesopotamian god associated with writing, wisdom, and the recording of destinies.”
Iron Age
Hebrew
נְבוֹ (Nəḇō)
“Nebo; a biblical place-name and possibly a form related to the divine name Nabû.”
6th Century BCE
Biblical Hebrew
הַר נְבוֹ (Har Nəḇō)
“Mount Nebo, the mountain from which Moses is described as viewing the land of Canaan.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ναβαῦ (Nabaû)
“Nebo or Nabû, as transmitted in Greek biblical and historical traditions.”
Latin Antiquity
Latin
Nebo
“Nebo, preserved in Latin biblical and geographical writing.”
Modern English
English
Nebo
“A proper name, most famously Mount Nebo in Jordan.”
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