Nebat

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ne'bat. (aspect). The father of Jeroboam, 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 12:2; 1 Kings 12:15; etc., is described as an Ephrathite or Ephraimite, of Zereda. (B.C. about 1000).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Father of Jeroboam, first king of Israel. He is mentioned in scripture only to distinguish his son, there being two kings named Jeroboam. 1 Kings 11:26; 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Chronicles 9:29 , etc.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

NEBAT. Father of Jeroboam i. ( 1 Kings 11:26 and onwards). The constant designation of Jeroboam i. as ‘ben-Nebat’ is probably the usage of a writer later than Jeroboam ben-Joash. It is intended, doubtless, to distinguish the two kings.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Father of Jeroboam, an Ephrathite, or Ephraimite, of Zereda in the Jordan valley. Died before his son came into notice (1 Kings 11:26).

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The father of Jeroboam, (1 Kings 11:26) from Nubai, that beholds.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 11:261 Kings 12:15

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 11:26

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. iebat', נְבָט ; Gesenius, sight; Furst, cultivation; Sept. Ναβάτ ), the father of Jeroboam (q.v.), king of Israel, in connection with whom he is always mentioned as a descendant of Ephraim, living in Zereda, a city of Manasseh (1 Kings 11:26, etc.; 2 Chronicles 9:29, etc.). B.C. cir. 1000. The Jewish tradition preserved in Jerome (Quaest. Hebr. in lib. Reg.) identifies him with Shimei of Gera, who was a Benjamite.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nē´bat ( נבט , nebhāṭ ): Father of Jeroboam I ( 1 Kings 11:26 , and frequently elsewhere). The name occurs only in the phrase "Jeroboam the son of Nebat," and is evidently intended to distinguish Jeroboam I from the later son of Joash. See Jeroboam .