Neba'joth. (heights). The "first-born of Ishmael," Gen_25:13; 1Ch_1:29, (B.C. about 1850), and father of a pastoral tribe named after him, the "rams Of Nebaioth" being mentioned by the prophet, Isaiah, Isa_60:7, with the flocks of Kedar.
From the days of Jerome, this people had been identified with the Nabathaeans of Greek and Roman history, and Petra was their capital. (They first settled in the country southeast of Palestine, and wandered gradually in search of pasturage till they came to Kedar, of which Isaiah speaks. Probably, the Nebaioth of Arabia Petrea were, as M. Quatremere argues, the same people as the Nebat of Chaldea. McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Nebajoth
(Gen_25:13; Gen_28:9; Gen_36:3). SEE NEEBAIOTH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.