A town east of the Jordan river. It was previously called Kenath. The town was given to Nobah the Manassite as his inheritance, and he renamed it after himself (Numbers 32:42). Nobah might be the same place as Kanatha, which was the easternmost city of the Decapolis during the time when the Romans ruled the area.
→ View encyclopedia entryA place near the Gadite town of Jogbehah east of the Jordan River. It was near the place the judge Gideon ambushed the Midianites (Judges 8:11).
Nobah (Place)
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.