nobah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
nobah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
howling. (1.) Num. 32:42. (2.) The name given to Kenath (q.v.) by Nobah when he conquered it. It was on the east of Gilead (Judg. 8:11).
nobah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(barking), an Israelite warrior, #Nu 32:42| who during the conquest of the territory on the east of Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and the villages or hamlets dependent upon it, and gave them his own name. (B.C.1450.) For a certain period after the establishment of the Israelite rule the new name remained, #Jud 8:11| but it is not again heard of, and the original appellation, as is usual in such cases, appears to have recovered its hold, has since retained; for in the slightly-modified form of Kunawat it is the name of the place to the present day.
nobah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
NO'BAH (barking), the conqueror of the city of Kenath. Num 32:42.
nobah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
1. An Israelite of Manasseh the conqueror of Kenath and its dependent villages E. of Jordan (Numbers 32:42). 2. The town so named by Nobah instead of its former name, Kenath (Judges 8:11). The old name is revived in Kenawat in the Lejah or Trachonitis. But Ewald identified Nobah with Nawa on the Damascus road, 16 miles E. from the N. end of the sea of Tiberias.