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Lexicon :: Strong's G904 - balak

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Βαλάκ
Transliteration
balak (Key)
Pronunciation
bal-ak'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin בָּלָק (H1111)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
50x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Βαλάκ Balák, bal-ak'; of Hebrew origin (H1111); Balak, a Moabite:—Balac.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G904 in the following manner: Balac (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G904 in the following manner: Balac (1x).

  1. Balak = "a devastator or spoiler"

    1. a king of Moab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Βαλάκ Balák, bal-ak'; of Hebrew origin (H1111); Balak, a Moabite:—Balac.
STRONGS G904:
Βαλάκ, ὁ, indeclinable, (בָּלַק empty [so Gesenius in his Thesaurus, but in his later works he adopts (with Fürst, and others) an active sense 'one who makes empty,' 'a devastator,' 'spoiler'; see B. D. American edition, under the word]), Balak, king of the Moabites (Numbers 22:2f and elsewhere): Revelation 2:14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
22:2
Revelation
2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G904 matches the Greek Βαλάκ (balak),
which occurs 41 times in 38 verses in 'Num' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:2 - And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:15 - Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16

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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37

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?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3

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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“From Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:12 - And he answered and said, “Must I not take care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
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