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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - So he sent messengers to [fn]Balaam [a famous prophet-diviner] the son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, in the land of the descendants of his people, to call for him, saying, “There is a people who have come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

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So the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with fees for divination (foretelling) in hand; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - Balaam said to them, “Spend the night here and I will bring word back to you as the LORD may speak to me.” So the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam [that night].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:9 - God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10 - Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent word to me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people [of Israel], for they are blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the leaders of Balak, “Go back to your own land [of Moab], for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘I beg you, let nothing hinder you from coming to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 -

So Balaam got up in the morning and [fn]saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way and His drawn sword in His hand, the donkey turned off the path and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back toward the path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she pressed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against it, and he struck her again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, so Balaam was angry and he struck the donkey [a third time] with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - And 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?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”

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Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and lay himself face down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You were standing in the way against me. But now, if my going displeases You, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - The Angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 -

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the border at the Arnon [River], at the farthest end of the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send word to you to call you? Why did you not come to me [immediately]? Am I really unable to honor (pay) you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - So Balaam said to Balak, “Indeed I have come to you now, but am I able to say anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39 - And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent some to Balaam and to the leaders who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 -

Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; from there he saw a portion of the Israelites.

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Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:2 - Balak did just as Balaam had said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then 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.” So he went to a desolate hill.

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Now God met Balaam, who said to Him, “I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - Then the LORD put a speech in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

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Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then the LORD met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak and you shall speak thus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 -

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26 - But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not say to you, ‘All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?’”

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Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:30 - Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - And Balaam raised his eyes and he saw Israel living in their tents tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - He took up his [third] discourse (oracle) and said:

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,

And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened [at last, to see clearly the purpose and will of God],

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Then 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, but behold, you have done nothing but bless them these three times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 -

He took up his [fourth] discourse (oracle) and said:

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,

The oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:25

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Then Balaam arose and departed and returned to his place, and Balak also went on his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur [the father of Cozbi] and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; also Balaam the son of Beor they killed with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “Look, these [are the women who] caused the Israelites, by the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so a plague came among the congregation of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with bread (food) and water on the road as you came out of Egypt, and because they hired [to act] against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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