Hebrew word · H5028

נְבָט

nevat

Nebat

Appears 25 times in 25 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.26; married to Zeruah (H6871);

father of: Jeroboam (H3379)

§ Nebat = "aspect"

an Ephraimite of Zereda, father of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 9
  1. 1 Kings 11:26 נְבָ֨ט Nebat

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

  2. 1 Kings 12:2 נְבָ֗ט Nebat

    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

  3. 1 Kings 12:15 נְבָֽט׃ Nebat

    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

    Here: Jeroboam's father, an Ephraimite from Zeredah (11:26). Kings repeats 'son of Nebat' almost every time it names Jeroboam.

  4. 1 Kings 15:1 נְבָ֑ט Nebat

    In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,

  5. 1 Kings 16:3 נְבָֽט׃ Nebat

    So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

  6. 1 Kings 16:26 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

  7. 1 Kings 16:31 נְבָ֑ט Nebat

    And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

    Here: Jeroboam's father, an Ephraimite (1 Kgs 11:26). The name works here only as part of the fixed label.

  8. 1 Kings 21:22 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’

  9. 1 Kings 22:52 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

2 Kings · 12
  1. 2 Kings 3:3 נְבָ֛ט Nebat

    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

  2. 2 Kings 9:9 נְבָ֑ט Nebat

    I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

    Here: Jeroboam's father, an Ephraimite (1 Kgs 11:26). The full name 'Jeroboam son of Nebat' works almost like a fixed label for apostasy all through Kings.

  3. 2 Kings 10:29 נְבָט֙ Nebat

    but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

    Here: Jeroboam's father, an Ephraimite (1 Kings 11:26). "Jeroboam son of Nebat" works like a fixed label in Kings.

  4. 2 Kings 13:2 נְבָ֛ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

  5. 2 Kings 13:11 נְבָ֛ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.

  6. 2 Kings 14:24 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  7. 2 Kings 15:9 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

    Here: Father of Jeroboam I. Adding his name makes clear which Jeroboam is meant.

  8. 2 Kings 15:18 נְבָ֛ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  9. 2 Kings 15:24 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  10. 2 Kings 15:28 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  11. 2 Kings 17:21 נְבָ֑ט Nebat

    When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.

  12. 2 Kings 23:15 נְבָט֙ Nebat

    He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

2 Chronicles · 4
  1. 2 Chronicles 9:29 נְבָֽט׃ Nebat

    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

  2. 2 Chronicles 10:2 נְבָט֙ Nebat

    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.

  3. 2 Chronicles 10:15 נְבָֽט׃ Nebat

    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    Here: Jeroboam's father. In later Israelite memory, 'Jeroboam son of Nebat' became a byword for the king who led Israel astray.

  4. 2 Chronicles 13:6 נְבָ֔ט Nebat

    Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

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