NABO, or NENO, in mythology, a deity of the Babylonians, who possessed the next rank to Bel. It is mentioned by Isaiah, chap. xlviii. Vossius apprehends that Nabo was the moon, and Bel the sun: but Grotius supposes that Nabo was some celebrated prophet of the country; which opinion is confirmed by the etymology of the name, signifying, according to Jerom, "one that presides over prophecy."
NABO, or NENO
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