Bible Dictionary
Nekeb
Nekeb was a town or boundary landmark in the territory of Naphtali, probably near the region east of Mount Tabor. Its identification is uncertain.
Definition
Nekeb was a town or boundary landmark in the territory of Naphtali. The name may mean cavern or pass and occurs in connection with Adami. Its precise identification remains uncertain.
Biblical Usage
Nekeb is included among the towns or landmarks in the boundary description of Naphtali.
Historical Background
It may be represented by modern Seiyadeh, east of Tabor and southwest of Tiberias. The name also appears in an Egyptian list of towns from the time of Thothmes III, according to the supplied material.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cavern, a town on the boundary of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33). It has with probability, been identified with Seiyadeh, nearly 2 miles east of Bessum, a ruin half way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(cavern), one of the towns on the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:3) It lay between Adami and Jabneel. A great number of commentators have taken this name as being connected with the preceding.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ne'-keb: This name occurs only in combination with "Adami" ('adhami ha-neqebh, "Adami of the pass"); Septuagint reads the names of two places: kai Arme kai Nabok (B); kai Armai kai Nakeb (Jos 19:33), so we should possibly read "Adami and Nekeb." Neubauer says (Geog. du Talmud, 225) that later the name of Nekeb was Ciyadathah. It may therefore be represented by the modern Seiyadeh, not far from ed-Damieh to the East of Tabor, about 4 miles Southwest of Tiberias. The name of Nekeb, a town in Galilee, appears in the list of Thothmes III.</p>