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Strong H11602 sensesבְּעוֹר

Beor

Transliteration
be‛ôr
Pronunciation
beh-ore'

Meaning of the name

Beor = "burning"

The 2 senses of Strong H1160

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1160 appears in 10 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Father of BalaamH1160H8 verses · 4 books
  2. Father of Bela, an Edomite kingH1160G2 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles

General definition

From H1197 (in the sense of burning); a lamp;
{Beor} the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam: - Beor.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • beor10

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:32
    And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
  2. Numbers 22:5
    He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
  3. Numbers 24:3
    And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
  4. Numbers 24:15
    And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
  5. Numbers 31:8
    And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
  6. Deuteronomy 23:4
    Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
  7. Joshua 13:22
    Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
  8. Joshua 24:9
    Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
  9. 1 Chronicles 1:43
    Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
  10. Micah 6:5
    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.