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Lexicon :: Strong's H1111 - bālāq

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בָּלָק
Transliteration
bālāq
Pronunciation
baw-lawk'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

בָּלָק Bâlâq, baw-lawk'; from H1110; waster; Balak, a Moabitish king:—Balak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H1111 in the following manner: Balak (43x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H1111 in the following manner: Balak (43x).

  1. Balak = "devastator"

    1. a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּלָק Bâlâq, baw-lawk'; from H1110; waster; Balak, a Moabitish king:—Balak.
STRONGS H1111: Abbreviations
בָּלָק proper name, masculine (devastator) king of Moab, בֶּן צִפּוֹר בּ׳ Numbers 22:2, 4, 7 + 37 times Numbers 22-24 (all J E) + Joshua 24:9 (E) Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22; 22:2; 22:4; 22:7; 23; 24

Joshua

24:9

Judges

11:25

Micah

6:5

H1111

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1111 matches the Hebrew בָּלָק (bālāq),
which occurs 43 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:2

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And Balak [the king of Moab] the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, just as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:7

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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 22:10

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 22:13

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 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:15 -

Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and [men who were] more distinguished than the first ones.

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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 22:35

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 Box Num 22:36

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 Box Num 22:41

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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 -

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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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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Balaam took up his [first] discourse (oracle) and said:

“Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram (Syria),

from the mountains of the east, [saying,]

‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me;

And come, [violently] denounce Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:11

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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 23:13

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Balak said to him, “Come with me, I implore you, to another place from where you can see them, although you will see only the nearest and not all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:15 - Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I go to meet the LORD over there.”

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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 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - When Balaam returned to Balak, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - Balaam took up his [second] discourse (oracle) and said:

“Rise up, O Balak, and hear;

Listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor.

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

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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 Box Num 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘Even if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own accord. What the LORD speaks, that I will speak?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - ‘Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever go to war against them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:5

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“My people, remember now

What Balak king of Moab devised [with his evil plan against Israel]

And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him [turning the curse into blessing for Israel],

[Remember what the LORD did for you] from [fn]Shittim to Gilgal,

So that you may know the righteous and saving acts [displaying the power] of the LORD.”

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