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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 Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - So he sent messengers to Balaam H1109 the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the [fn]River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are settled opposite me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 -

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went away with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam H1109 and spoke Balak’s words to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - And he said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will bring word back to you as Yahweh may speak to me.” And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam H1109.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:9 - Then God came to Balaam H1109 and said, “Who are these men with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10 - And Balaam H1109 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 - And God said to Balaam H1109, “Do not go with them; you shall 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 H1109 arose in the morning and said to Balak’s leaders, “Go back to your land, for Yahweh has refused to allow me to go with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - And the leaders of Moab arose and came to Balak and said, “Balaam H1109 refused to go with us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - And they came to Balaam H1109 and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Let nothing, I beg you, withhold you from coming to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam H1109 replied to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, to trespass the [fn]command of Yahweh my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - And God came to Balaam H1109 at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you shall you do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 -

So Balaam H1109 arose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - Then the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, and the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; so Balaam H1109 struck the donkey to turn it back into the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - And the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and it pressed itself to the wall and pressed Balaam’s H1109 foot against the wall, so he struck it again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - Then the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh and lay down under Balaam H1109; so Balaam H1109 was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - And Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam H1109, “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 H1109 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 - And the donkey said to Balaam H1109, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 -

Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam H1109, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed his head down [fn]and prostrated himself to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam H1109 said to the angel of Yahweh, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - But the angel of Yahweh said to Balaam H1109, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I [fn]tell you.” So Balaam H1109 went along with the leaders of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 -

Then Balak heard that Balaam H1109 was coming and went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, [fn]at the end of the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - Then Balak said to Balaam H1109, “Did I not urgently send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I indeed unable to honor you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - So Balaam H1109 said to Balak, “Behold, I have come now to you! Am I able to speak 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 H1109 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 oxen and sheep, and sent some to Balaam H1109 and the leaders who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 -

Then it happened in the morning that Balak took Balaam H1109 and brought him up to [fn]the high places of Baal, and he saw from there the end of the camp of the people.

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Then Balaam H1109 said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:2 - So Balak did just as Balaam H1109 had spoken, and Balak and Balaam H1109 offered up 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 H1109 said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a bare hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:4 -

Now God met Balaam H1109, and he said to Him, “I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - Then Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s H1109 mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11 -

Then Balak said to Balaam H1109, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then Yahweh met Balaam H1109 and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 -

Then Balak said to Balaam H1109, “Do not 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 H1109 replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Whatever Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 -

Then Balak said to Balaam H1109, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God that 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 H1109 to the top of Peor which overlooks the [fn]wasteland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - And Balaam H1109 said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:30 - And Balak did just as Balaam H1109 had said and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 -

And Balaam H1109 saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel, so he did not go as at other times to [fn]encounter omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - And Balaam H1109 lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling 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 took up his [fn]discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam H1109 the son of Beor,

And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

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Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam H1109, and he struck his [fn]hands together; and Balak said to Balaam H1109, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly these three times!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - And Balaam H1109 said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 -

Then he took up his discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam H1109 the son of Beor,

And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 -

Then Balaam H1109 arose and went and returned to his place, 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 along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam H1109 the son of Beor with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “Behold, these [fn]caused the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam H1109, to [fn]act unfaithfully against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with [fn]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam H1109 the son of Beor from Pethor of [fn]Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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