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Nebat meaning

Nebat in Biblical Hebrew
נבט
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🔼The name Nebat: Summary

Meaning
Look, Aspect
Etymology
From the verb נבט (nabat), to look or regard.
Related names
• Via נבט (nabat): Nebaioth

🔼The name Nebat in the Bible

There's only one Nebat in the Bible, but we only know about him because he's the father of Jeroboam and the husband of Zeruah (1 Kings 11:26). Nebat himself plays no role in Scriptures.

🔼Etymology of the name Nebat

The name Nebat comes from the verb נבט (nabat), to look, regard:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
נבט

The verb נבט (nabat), means to look, regard or consider. Noun מבט (mabbat) literally means a thing looked to: an expectation.

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🔼Nebat meaning

For a meaning of the name Nebat, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Look. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Aspect.