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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:2 -

And Balak H1111 the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - Then Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak H1111 the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
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 and spoke Balak’s H1111 words to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10 - And Balaam said to God, “Balak H1111 the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent word to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - So Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak’s H1111 leaders, “Go back to your land, for Yahweh has refused to allow me to go with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - And the leaders of Moab arose and came to Balak H1111 and said, “Balaam refused to go with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:15 -

Then Balak H1111 again sent leaders, more numerous and more [fn]honorable than [fn]the former.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak H1111 the son of Zippor, ‘Let nothing, I beg you, withhold you from coming to me;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam replied to the servants of Balak H1111, “Though Balak H1111 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - But the angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I [fn]tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak H1111.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 -

Then Balak H1111 heard that Balaam 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - Then Balak H1111 said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I indeed unable to honor you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - So Balaam said to Balak H1111, “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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:39 - And Balaam went with Balak H1111, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - And Balak H1111 sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 -

Then it happened in the morning that Balak H1111 took Balaam and brought him up to [fn]the high places of Baal, and he saw from there the end of the camp of the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 -

Then Balaam said to Balak H1111, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:2 - So Balak H1111 did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak H1111 and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam said to Balak H1111, “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - Then Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak H1111, and you shall speak thus.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Then he took up his [fn]discourse and said,

“From Aram Balak H1111 has brought me,

Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,

‘Come curse Jacob for me,

And come, denounce Israel!’

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11 -

Then Balak H1111 said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly!”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 -

Then Balak H1111 said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, but you will only see the end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:15 - And he said to Balak H1111, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet Yahweh over there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then Yahweh met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak H1111, and thus you shall speak.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - So he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak H1111 said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - Then he took up his [fn]discourse and said,

“Arise, O Balak H1111, and hear;

Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 -

Then Balak H1111 said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26 - But Balaam replied to Balak H1111, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Whatever Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 -

Then Balak H1111 said to Balaam, “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.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak H1111 took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the [fn]wasteland.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - And Balaam said to Balak H1111, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:30 - And Balak H1111 did just as Balaam had said and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 -

Then Balak’s H1111 anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his [fn]hands together; and Balak H1111 said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly these three times!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - And Balaam said to Balak H1111, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘Though Balak H1111 were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything to trespass the [fn]command of Yahweh, either good or bad, of my own [fn]accord. What Yahweh speaks, that I will speak’?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 -

Then Balaam arose and went and returned to his place, and Balak H1111 also went his way.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - ‘Then Balak H1111 the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘So now are you any better than Balak H1111 the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 -

“My people, remember now

What Balak H1111 king of Moab counseled

And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

And from Shittim to Gilgal,

So [fn]that you might know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”

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