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Bosor
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Β oσόρ ), the Graecized form of the name of a place and of a man.
1. A city, both large and fortified, on the east of Jordan, in the land of Gilead (Galaad), named with Bozrah (Bosora), Carnaim, and other places, in 1 Maccabees 5:26; 1 Maccabees 5:36. It is probably the BEZER (See BEZER) (q.v.) of Numbers 4:43 (see Grimm, Exeg. Handb. in loc.).
2. The Aramaic mode of pronouncing the name of BEOR (See BEOR) (q.v.), the father of Balaam (2 Peter 2:15), in accordance with the substitution, frequent in Chaldee, of צ for ע (see Gesenius, Thes. p. 1144).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bosor'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bosor.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bosor'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bosor.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
