Beor
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Beor

burning; foolish; mad

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Beor

(burning or torch).

  1. The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. (Genesis 36:32; 1 Chronicles 1:43)
  2. Father of Balaam. (Numbers 22:5; 24:3,15; 31:8; 23:4; Joshua 13:22; 24:9; Micah 6:5) He is called BOSOR in the New Testament. (B.C. before 1450.)
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A torch.

(1.) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Genesis 36:32).

(2.) The father of Balaam (Numbers 22:5; 24:3, 15; 31:8). In 2 Peter 2:15 he is called Bosor.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BEOR

be'-or (be`or, "destroyer"(?)):

(1) Father of Bela, the first king of Edom (Genesis 36:32 1 Chronicles 1:43).

(2) The father of the seer Balaam (Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:3, 15; 31:8 Deuteronomy 23:4 Joshua 13:22; Joshua 24:9, omitted in Septuagint; Micah 6:5 2 Peter 2:15, the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin "Bosor").

Greek
961b. beor -- Beor, father of Balaam
... 961a, 961b. beor. 962 . Beor, father of Balaam. Transliteration: beor
Short Definition: Beor. Word Origin of Hebrew origin Beor ...
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1007. Bosor -- Bosor.
... Word Origin of Hebrew origin Beor Definition variant reading for NG0961b, qv. Bosor.
Of Hebrew origin (b'owr); Bosor (ie Beor), a Moabite -- Bosor. ...
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903. Balaam -- Balaam, an unrighteous prophet
... of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Balaam Phonetic Spelling:
(bal-ah-am') Short Definition: Balaam Definition: Balaam, son of Beor of Pethor ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1160. Beor -- "a burning," father of an Edomite king, also the ...
... Beor. 1161 . "a burning," father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam.
Transliteration: Beor Phonetic Spelling: (beh-ore') Short Definition: Beor. ...
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Library

Fragment Xlv. "And Balaam the Son of Beor they Slew with the Sword ...
... Fragment XLV. "And Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.? "And
[4889] Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword ...
/.../fragments from the lost writings of irenaeus/fragment xlv and balaam the.htm

Balaam
... THE BOOK OF NUMBERS BALAAM. 'He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of
Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/balaam.htm

The Witness of Balaam to Israel
... And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River,
to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/ii the witness of balaam.htm

Balaam
... 'Remember,' says the prophet Micah, 'O my people, what Balak, king of Moab, consulted,
and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xiv balaam.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... a king who refused a passage through his dominions to Moses and his followers, and
in this king some scholars have seen the Aramaean seer Balaam the son of Beor ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Iren??us
... Fragment XLIV. It is not an easy thing for a soul? Fragment XLV. "And Balaam
the son of Beor they slew with the sword.? Fragment XLVI. ...
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Balak's Inquiries Relative to the Service of God, and Balaam's ...
... and his faithfulness to Israel on that occasion""O my people, remember now what
Balak, king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam, the son of Beor answered him ...
/.../sermon xviii balaks inquiries relative.htm

2 Samuel xxiii. 1-7.
... with the views which men of God had formerly opened up into future times:""And he
took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor prophesies, and the ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/2 samuel xxiii 1-7.htm

The Lord's Controversy Before the Mountains
... O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the
son of Beor answered him; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/the lords controversy before the.htm

Bethany. Beth-Hene.
... They treat in the place, noted in the margin, concerning eating of fruits the seventh
year, and concerning Beor, of which we have spoke before. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 41 bethany beth-hene.htm

Thesaurus
Beor (11 Occurrences)
...BEOR. be'-or (be`or, "destroyer"(?)) 1) Father of Bela, the first king of Edom
(Genesis 36:32 1 Chronicles 1:43). ...Beor (11 Occurrences). ...
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Be'or (11 Occurrences)
Be'or. Beor, Be'or. Bequeath . Multi-Version Concordance ... Genesis 36:32 Bela,
the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah. (See RSV). ...
/b/be'or.htm - 9k

Bela (14 Occurrences)
... (3.) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Genesis 36:32, 33; 1 Chronicles
1:43). ... Genesis 36:32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. ...
/b/bela.htm - 13k

Dinhabah (2 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DINHABAH. din'-ha-ba, din-ha'-ba (dinhabhah): The royal
city of Bela, son of Beor; king of Edom (Genesis 36:32 1 Chronicles 1:43). ...
/d/dinhabah.htm - 7k

Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor,
was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Numbers 31:8; Comp. 16). ...
/b/balaam.htm - 38k

Revile (28 Occurrences)
... not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from
Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor ...
/r/revile.htm - 14k

Din'habah (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Din'habah (2 Occurrences). Genesis 36:32 And Bela the
son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. (See RSV). ...
/d/din'habah.htm - 6k

Pethor (2 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by
the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying ...
/p/pethor.htm - 10k

Bosor (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The Chaldee or Aramaic form of the name Beor, the father
of Balaam (2 Peter 2:15). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BOSOR. ...
/b/bosor.htm - 7k

Closed (47 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). Numbers 24:3 He took up his parable, and said,
"Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says; (WEB ASV). ...
/c/closed.htm - 20k

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Concordance
Beor (11 Occurrences)

2 Peter 2:15
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
(WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS NIV)

Genesis 36:32
Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 22:5
He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 24:3
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 24:15
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 31:8
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 23:4
because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:22
The children of Israel alse killed Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 24:9
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:43
Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Micah 6:5
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Beor

Beor: Father of Balaam

Beor: Father of Balaam: Called Bosor

Beor: Father of Bela

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