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Nebo

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Nebo (nē`bō), in the Bible.

1 Town of Moab, near Mt. Pisgah and S of Heshbon.

2 City of Judah of postexilic times.

3 Hebrew name for Babylonian god of knowledge, literature, and agriculture.

Nebo
Mount. a mountain in Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: the highest point of a ridge known as Pisgah, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land just before his death (Deuteronomy 34:1). Height: 802 m (2631 ft.)
Nebo
god of sagacity; inventor of writing. [Babyl. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 749]
See : Wisdom
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