KJV King James Version
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
WEB World English Bible
and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
ASV American Standard Version
and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by these names the names of the cities which they have built.
Surrounding context — Numbers 32
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נְב֞וֹH5015 · ne.voNeboוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בַּ֧עַלH1186 · ba.al me.onBaal-meonמְע֛וֹןH1186 · ba.al me.onBaal-meonמֽוּסַבֹּ֥תH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnשֵׁ֖םH8034 · shemnameוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שִׂבְמָ֑הH7643 · se.vamSebamוַיִּקְרְא֣וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבְשֵׁמֹ֔תH8034 · shemnameאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמ֥וֹתH8034 · shemnameהֶעָרִ֖יםH5892 · irexcitementאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבָּנֽוּ׃H1129 · ba.nahto build
Cross-references
Isaiah 46:1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,Exodus 23:13And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.Joshua 23:7That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:Psalm 16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.Numbers 22:41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people.Genesis 26:18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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