Bible Encyclopedia: Nobah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

NOBAH

no'-ba (nobhah; Codex Vaticanus Naboth, Nabai; Codex Alexandrinus Naboth, Nabeth):

(1) Nobah the Manassite, we are told, "went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name" (Numbers 32:42). There can be little doubt that the ancient Kenath is represented by the modern Qanawat, on the western slope of Jebel ed-Druze, the ancient name having survived that of Nobah.

(2) A city which marked-the course of Gideon's pursuit of the Midianites (Judges 8:11). It is possible that this may be identical with (1). Cheyne argues in favor of this (Encyclopaedia Biblica, under the word "Gideon"). But its mention along with Jogbehah points to a more southerly location. This may have been the original home of the clan Nobah. Some would read, following the Syriac in Numbers 21:30, "Nobah which is on the desert," instead of "Nophah which reacheth unto Medeba." No site with a name resembling this has yet been recovered. If it is to be distinguished from Kenath, then probably it will have to be sought somewhere to the Northeast of Rabbath-Ammon (`Amman).

W. Ewing

Strong's Hebrew

5025. Nobach -- a place in Gilead, also a Manassite
... 5024, 5025. Nobach. 5026 . a place in Gilead, also a Manassite. Transliteration:
Nobach Phonetic Spelling: (no'-bach) Short Definition: Nobah. ... Nobah. ...
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Library

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... The families of Machir and Jair migrated one after the other to the east of the
Lake of Gennesaret, while that of Nobah proceeded as far as the brook of Kanah ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nobah

that barks or yelps

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nobah

(barking), an Israelite warrior, (Numbers 32:42) who during the conquest of the territory on the east of Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and the villages or hamlets dependent upon it, and gave them his own name. (B.C.1450.) For a certain period after the establishment of the Israelite rule the new name remained, (Judges 8:11) but it is not again heard of, and the original appellation, as is usual in such cases, appears to have recovered its hold, has since retained; for in the slightly-modified form of Kunawat it is the name of the place to the present day.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Howling.

(1.) Numbers 32:42.

(2.) The name given to Kenath (q.v.) by Nobah when he conquered it. It was on the east of Gilead (Judges 8:11).

Thesaurus

Nobah (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Howling. (1.) Numbers 32:42. (2.) The name given to Kenath
(qv) by Nobah when he conquered it. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NOBAH. ...
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Kenath (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Possession, a city of Gilead. It was captured
by Nobah, who called it by his own name (Numbers 32:42). ...
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Naming (21 Occurrences)
... Jair. (BBE). Numbers 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small
towns, naming it Nobah, after himself. (BBE). Deuteronomy ...
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Villages (106 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV). Numbers 32:42 Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called
it Nobah, after his own name. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Dependent (35 Occurrences)
... there. (DBY). Numbers 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent
villages, and called it Nobah, after his name. (DBY). ...
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Captureth (24 Occurrences)
... YLT). Numbers 32:42 and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages,
and calleth it Nobah, by his own name. (YLT). Joshua ...
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Captured (143 Occurrences)
... NIV). Numbers 32:42 and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages,
and calleth it Nobah, by his own name. (See NIV). ...
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Settlements (27 Occurrences)
... Jair. (See NIV). Numbers 32:42 Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages,
and called it Nobah, after his own name. (See NIV). Joshua ...
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Surrounding (78 Occurrences)
... land. (WEB NAS). Numbers 32:42 Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages,
and called it Nobah, after his own name. (See NIV). Deuteronomy ...
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Nob (6 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Nobah (2 Occurrences)

Numbers 32:42 Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 8:11 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Nobah

Nobah: An Israelite

Related Terms

Kenath (2 Occurrences)

Naming (21 Occurrences)

Villages (106 Occurrences)

Dependent (35 Occurrences)

Captureth (24 Occurrences)

Captured (143 Occurrences)

Settlements (27 Occurrences)

Surrounding (78 Occurrences)