Bible Location

Nebo

Meaning: that speaks or prophesies · 7 cross references · Modern-day map available

This Nebo entry refers to the Moabite town and region east of the Jordan, not primarily to the Babylonian deity or only to Mount Nebo. It is important because it appears in tribal settlement lists and later in prophetic judgments on Moab. First appears in Num 32:3.1

Place meaning

that speaks or prophesies

Coordinates

31.77, 35.73

First appears

Num 32:3

AI summary: Nebo on this page belongs to the contested eastern plateau rather than chiefly to the mountain associated with Moses' final view. In Numbers and Chronicles it appears in the network of towns linked with Reubenite settlement, while Isaiah and Jeremiah include it in their announcements against Moab. That gives the place a double role as both inhabited territory and an object of later prophetic lament. The cross references present Nebo as a Moabite-region town whose significance lies in settlement history and judgment oracles.1

Place meaning

that speaks or prophesies

Latitude

31.77

Longitude

35.73

Bible references

7