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Lexicon :: Strong's H1109 - bilʿām

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בִּלְעָם
Transliteration
bilʿām
Pronunciation
bil-awm'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בַּל (H1077) and עַם (H5971)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 251b

Strong’s Definitions

בִּלְעָם Bilʻâm, bil-awm'; probably from H1077 and H5971; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:—Balaam, Bileam.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H1109 in the following manner: Balaam (60x), Bileam (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's H1109 in the following manner: Balaam (60x), Bileam (1x).
  1. Balaam = "not of the people"

    n pr m
    1. the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy

      n pr loc
    2. a town in Manasseh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּלְעָם Bilʻâm, bil-awm'; probably from H1077 and H5971; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:—Balaam, Bileam.
STRONGS H1109: Abbreviations
† I. םָעְלִּב proper name, masculine Balaam (according to Sta§ 293 = עלב + ם; NbrStud. Bib. i, 226 proposes לב = לעב + (god) םע), son of רֺועְּב, prophet from רֺותְּמ (which see): — Numbers 22:5, 7, 8, 9 + 47 times Numbers 22-24 (all J E) Numbers 31:8, 16 (P) Deuteronomy 23:5; Deuteronomy 23:6 (D) (compare RD Joshua 13:22) Joshua 24:9, 10 (E) Micah 6:5; Nehemiah 13:2.

† II. םָעְלִּב proper name, of a location town in Manasseh 1 Chronicles 6:55; A Ιβλααμ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιεβλααμ = םָעְלְבִי (which see) Joshua 17:11 + 2 times; modern Bel`ame, 6 hours north of Nâblus, BdPal 228, so Surveyii. 47.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22; 22:5; 22:7; 22:8; 22:9; 23; 24; 31:8; 31:16

Deuteronomy

23:5; 23:6

Joshua

13:22; 17:11; 24:9; 24:10

1 Chronicles

6:55

Nehemiah

13:2

Micah

6:5

H1109

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1109 matches the Hebrew בִּלְעָם (bilʿām),
which occurs 61 times in 57 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:5–Deu 23:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River[fn] in the land of the people of Amaw,[fn] to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:9 - And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10 - And Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do less or more.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 - So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he struck her again.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?” And he said, “No.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - Then Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you.” So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39 - Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 - And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:2 - Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:4 - and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, “I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11 - And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26 - But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD says, that I must do’?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:30 - And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - and he took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - And he took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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