The Definition of the word Nebaioth

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.