Nebo

[ nee-boh ]

/ ˈni boʊ /

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noun

Mount. See under Pisgah.

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How to use Nebo in a sentence

Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Nebo (Mercury) had the charge over learning and culture,--the god of wisdom, who "teaches and instructs."
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
The first represents Nebo, the Nahbi, or the navel, characterised by a ring with a central mound.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism|Thomas Inman
They cut away the ceiling and the roof; it went on growing until it grew right up to the heavens (nebo).
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston

A fragment of a hymn to Nebo (Nebo No. 2) has in a passage of five lines yet a different use of the refrain.
The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise|Charles Gordon Cumming

British Dictionary definitions for Nebo

Nebo

/ (ˈniːbəʊ) /

noun

Mount Nebo 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)

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