Strong H1160H1160Hבְּעוֹר
Beor
One of the 2 senses of Strong H1160
- Transliteration
- be‛ôr
- Pronunciation
- beh-ore'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Beor = "burning"
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.
{Beor} the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam: - Beor.
In the biblical story
Beor
Father of Balaam
Beor was the father of Balaam, a pagan prophet from Pethor.
In the Bible
Strong H1160H appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- beor8
First verses
- Numbers 22:5He 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:
- Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Numbers 24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Numbers 31:8And 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.
- Deuteronomy 23:4Because 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.
- Joshua 13:22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
- Joshua 24:9Then 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:
- Micah 6:5O 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.