Dictionaries :: Nebaioth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nebaioth:

height. (1.) Ishmael's eldest son (Gen 25:13), and the prince of an Israelitish tribe (16). He had a sister, Mahalath, who was one of Esau's wives (Gen 28:9; 36:3).

(2.) The name of the Ishmaelite tribe descended from the above (Gen 25:13,18). The "rams of Nebaioth" (Isa 60:7) are the gifts which these wandering tribes of the desert would consecrate to God.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nebaioth:

words; prophecies; buds

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Nebaioth:

ne-ba'-yoth, ne-bi'-oth (nabhayoth; Septuagint Nabaioth): Firstborn of Ishmael (Ge 25:13; 28:9; 36:3; 1Ch 1:29). Isa 60:7 mentions the tribe Nebaioth with Kedar, with an allusion to its pastoral nature: "the rams of Nebaioth" are to serve the ideal Zion as sacrificial victims. Again associated with Kedar, the name occurs frequently in Assyrian inscriptions. The tribe must have had a conspicuous place among the northern Arabs. Josephus, followed by Jerome, regarded Nebaioth as identical with the Nabateans, the great trading community and ally of Rome, whose capital and stronghold was Petra. This view is widely accepted, but the name "Nabatean" is spelled with a "T" (teth), and the interchange of "T" (teth) and "t" (taw), although not unparalleled, is unusual. If the name is Arabic, it is probably a feminine plural, and in that case could have no connection with the Nabateans.

Written by A. S. Fulton

Nave's Topical Bible

Nebaioth: Name Of

Called also Nebajoth

Nebaioth: Son of Ishmael

Gen 25:13; 28:9; 36:3; 1Ch 1:29

Nebaioth: Prophecies Concerning

Isa 60:7