Nebaioth

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Nebaioth, words; prophecies; buds