1. City of Reuben, east of the Jordan (Num. 32:3, 38; Num. 33:47; 1 Chron. 5:8). It is denounced in the prophets as belonging to Moab (Isa. 15:2; Jer. 48:1,22).
2. City whose inhabitants or “children” returned from exile (Ezra 2:29; Neh. 7:33).
3. One whose descendants had married strange wives (Ezra 10:43).
4. A Chaldean idol whose name as Nabo or Nebu is probably incorporated in some of the Chaldaic proper names (Isa. 46:1).