Nebat

Easton's Dictionary

Sight; aspect, the father of Jeroboam, the king of Israel (1 Kings 11:26, etc.).

Smith's Dictionary

(aspect), the father of Jeroboam, (1 Kings 11:26; 12:2,15) etc., is described as an Ephrathite or Ephraimite of Zereda. (B.C. about 1000.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ne'-bat (nebhaT): Father of Jeroboam I (1Ki 11:26, and frequently elsewhere). The name occurs only in the phrase "Jeroboam the son of Nebat," and is evidently intended to distinguish Jeroboam I from the later son of Joash.

See JEROBOAM.