Nebo
    n 1: Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of
         scribes and schools [syn: Nabu, Nebo]

Nebo \Nebo\ prop. n. (Babylonian mythology)
   The Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of
   scribes and schools.

   Syn: Nabu.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Nebo
   proclaimer; prophet. (1.) A Chaldean god whose worship was
   introduced into Assyria by Pul (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 48:1). To this
   idol was dedicated the great temple whose ruins are still seen
   at Birs Nimrud. A statue of Nebo found at Calah, where it was
   set up by Pul, king of Assyria, is now in the British Museum.
   
     (2.) A mountain in the land of Moab from which Moses looked
   for the first and the last time on the Promised Land (Deut.
   32:49; 34:1). It has been identified with Jebel Nebah, on the
   eastern shore of the Dead Sea, near its northern end, and about
   5 miles south-west of Heshbon. It was the summit of the ridge of
   Pisgah (q.v.), which was a part of the range of the "mountains
   of Abarim." It is about 2,643 feet in height, but from its
   position it commands a view of Western Palestine. Close below it
   are the plains of Moab, where Balaam, and afterwards Moses, saw
   the tents of Israel spread along.
   
     (3.) A town on the east of Jordan which was taken possession
   of and rebuilt by the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:3,38; 1 Chr.
   5:8). It was about 8 miles south of Heshbon.
   
     (4.) The "children of Nebo" (Ezra 2:29; Neh. 7:33) were of
   those who returned from Babylon. It was a town in Benjamin,
   probably the modern Beit Nubah, about 7 miles north-west of
   Hebron.
   

Nebo, that speaks or prophesies

Nebo, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    408
   Housing Units (2000): 183
   Land area (2000):     0.422848 sq. miles (1.095170 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.006005 sq. miles (0.015554 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.428853 sq. miles (1.110724 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            51882
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             39.442147 N, 90.787377 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     62355
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Nebo, IL
    Nebo

Nebo, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
   Population (2000):    220
   Housing Units (2000): 93
   Land area (2000):     0.250608 sq. miles (0.649072 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.250608 sq. miles (0.649072 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            55092
   Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
   Location:             37.384425 N, 87.641429 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     42441
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Nebo, KY
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