Hebrew word · H5032

נְבָיוֹת

nevayot

Nebaioth

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.13;

son of: Ishmael (H3458);

brother of: Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258)

§ Nebaioth or Nebajoth = "heights"

1) a son of Ishmael

2) people descended from1 called the Nabateans with their capital at Petra

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

Genesis · 3

  1. Genesis 25:13 נְבָיֹ֔ת [was] Nebaioth

    These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

  2. Genesis 28:9 נְבָי֛וֹת Nebaioth

    Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

  3. Genesis 36:3 נְבָיֽוֹת׃ Nebaioth

    and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:29 נְבָי֔וֹת Nebaioth

    These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 60:7 נְבָי֖וֹת Nebaioth

    All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

    Here: Ishmael's firstborn (Gen 25:13) and the Arabian people named after him. It is paired with Kedar here, as it is in Genesis and in Assyrian records, where the two appear as neighbouring desert tribes.

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