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Lexicon :: Strong's G903 - balaam

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Βαλαάμ
Transliteration
balaam (Key)
Pronunciation
bal-ah-am'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin בִּלְעָם (H1109)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
62x in 1 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 1:524,91

Strong’s Definitions

Βαλαάμ Balaám, bal-ah-am'; of Hebrew origin (H1109); Balaam, a Mesopotamian (symbolic of a false teacher):—Balaam.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G903 in the following manner: Balaam (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G903 in the following manner: Balaam (3x).

  1. Balaam meaning "perhaps"

    1. A native of Pethor a city in Mesopotamia, endued by Jehovah with prophetic power. He was hired by Balak to curse the Israelites; and influenced by the love of reward, he wished to gratify Balak; but he was compelled by Jehovah's power to bless them. Hence later the Jews saw him as a most abandoned deceiver.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Βαλαάμ Balaám, bal-ah-am'; of Hebrew origin (H1109); Balaam, a Mesopotamian (symbolic of a false teacher):—Balaam.
STRONGS G903:
Βαλαάμ, ὁ, indeclinable (in Sept. for בִּלְעָם, according to Gesenius ["perhaps"] from בַּל and עָם non-populus, i. e. foreign; according to Jo. Simonis equivalent to עָם בֶּלַע a swallowing up of the people; in Josephus, ὁ Βάλαμος), Balaam (or Bileam), a native of Pethor a city of Mesopotamia, endued by Jehovah with prophetic power. He was hired by Balak (see Βαλάκ) to curse the Israelites; and influenced by the love of reward, he wished to gratify Balak; but he was compelled by Jehovah's power to bless them (Numbers 22-24; Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 13:22; Joshua 24:9; Micah 6:5). Hence, the later Jews saw in him a most abandoned deceiver: Revelation 2:14; 2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11. Cf. Winers RWB [and BB. DD.] under the word.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
22-24
Deuteronomy
23:5
Joshua
13:22; 24:9
Micah
6:5
2 Peter
2:15
Jude
1:11
Revelation
2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G903 matches the Greek Βαλαάμ (balaam),
which occurs 62 times in 57 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:5–Num 31:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw, to summon him, saying, "Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are settling next to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - He replied to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the LORD may speak to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:9 - And 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 son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - But God said to Balaam, "You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land, for the LORD has refused to permit me to go with you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - So the princes of Moab departed and went back 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 - And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak son of Zippor: 'Please do not let anything hinder you from coming to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the LORD my God to do less or more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - God came to Balaam that night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but the word that I will say to you, that you must do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 - So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he beat 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 crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:28

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 beaten me these three times?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the donkey, "You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - The donkey said to Balaam, "Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground.

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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 stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes 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 a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39 - So 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 - And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 - Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:4 - Then God met Balaam, who said to him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - Then the LORD put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11 - Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:12 - Balaam replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:15 - And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - 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 replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the LORD speaks, I must do'?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Balak said to Balaam, "Come, please; 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 took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and look, 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 also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, and Balak also went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain - Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba - five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor - which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!

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