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This institution was a symbol of a life devoted to God and separated from all sin, a holy life.
•NEAH shaking, or settlement, or descent, a town on the east side of Zebulun, not far from Rimmon (Joshua 19:13).
•NEAPOLIS new city, a town in Thrace at which Paul first landed in Europe (Acts 16:11). It was the sea-port of the inland town of Philippi, which was distant about 10 miles. From this port Paul embarked on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 20:6). It is identified with the modern Turco-Grecian Kavalla.
•NEBAIOTH height. (1.) Ishmael’s eldest son (Genesis 25:13), and the prince of an Israelitish tribe (16). He had a sister, Mahalath, who was one of Esau’s wives (Genesis 28:9; 36:3).
(2.) The name of the Ishmaelite tribe descended from the above (Genesis 25:13,18). The “rams of Nebaioth” (Isaiah 60:7) are the gifts which these wandering tribes of the desert would consecrate to God.