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Strong's #1109 - בִּלְעָם

Transliteration

Bilʻâm

Phonetics

bil-awm'

Origin

probably from (H1077) and (H5971)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

251b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Balaam = "not of the people"
n pr m
1. the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy
n pr loc
1. a town in Manasseh

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 903 ‑ Βαλαάμ (bal‑ah‑am');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (61)

Numbers 53

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

BSB (61)

Numbers 53

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

CSB (59)

Numbers 52

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

ESV (61)

Numbers 53

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

KJV (60)

Numbers 52

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

LEB (61)

Numbers 53

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (61)

Numbers 53

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 3

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Micah 1

ASV (61)

against balaam 1

against thee balaam 1

and balaam 16

and balaam's 1

and bileam 1

and what balaam 1

and when balaam 1

as balaam 2

balaam 11

balaam's 1

but balaam 1

in balaam's 1

of balaam 2

so balaam 1

that balaam 1

to balaam 2

under balaam 1

unto balaam 15

with balaam 1

BSB (61)

- 1

and balaam 2

and bileam were given 1

and he 1

and when balaam 1

balaam 33

balaam''s 2

but balaam 2

for balaam 1

him 1

in balaam''s 1

of balaam 3

so balaam 5

then balaam 2

to balaam 4

when balaam 1

CSB (59)

balaam 49

balaam's 4

bileam 1

he 1

him 2

of balaam 2

ESV (61)

balaam 56

balaam's 4

bileam 1

KJV (60)

balaam 57

balaam's 2

bileam 1

LEB (61)

and balaam 5

balaam 46

bileam 1

but balaam 1

so ⌊balaam 1

so balaam 2

them to balaam 1

then balaam 1

to balaam 2

under balaam 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (61)

against balaam 1

against you balaam 1

and balaam 2

and bileam 1

and what balaam 1

as balaam 2

balaam 25

but balaam 1

of balaam 2

so balaam 1

that balaam 1

to balaam 17

under balaam 1

when balaam 1

with balaam 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. בִּלְעָם proper name, masculine Balaam (according to Sta^{§ 293} = בלע + ם; Nbr^{Stud. Bib. i, 226} proposes בל = בעל + (god) עם), son of בְּעוֺר, prophet from מְּתוֺר (q. v.): — Numbers 22:5,7,8,9 47t. Numbers 22-24 (all J E) Numbers 31:8,16 (P) Deuteronomy 23:5; Deuteronomy 23:6 (D) (compare R^D Joshua 13:22) Joshua 24:9,10 (E) Micah 6:5; Nehemiah 13:2.

II. בִּלְעָם proper name, of a location town in Manasseh 1 Chronicles 6:55; A Ιβλααμ, ᵐ5^L Ιεβλααμ = יִבְלְעָם (q. v.) Joshua 17:11 2t.; modern Bel`ame, 6 hours north of Nâblus, Bd^{Pal 228}, so Survey^{ii. 47}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בִּלְעָם (comp. of בַּל and עָם, non-populus, perhaps i.q. “a foreigner”), [Balaam], pr.n.

(1) of Balaam the false prophet, -Num. 2224 ; Deuteronomy 23:5, Deuteronomy 23:6; Joshua 13:22, 24:9 Micah 6:5. LXX. Βαλαάμ.

(2) [Bileam], of a town of the tribe of Manasseh, situated beyond Jordan, 1 Chronicles 6:55 called elsewhere יִבְלְעָם (יִבְלֶה עָם), [Ibleam], Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; 2 Kings 9:27.

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List of Word Forms

בִּלְעָ֑ם בִּלְעָ֔ם בִּלְעָ֖ם בִּלְעָ֗ם בִּלְעָ֜ם בִּלְעָ֣ם בִּלְעָ֥ם בִּלְעָֽם׃ בִּלְעָם֙ בִּלְעָם֮ בִלְעָ֑ם בִלְעָ֜ם בִלְעָם֒ בלעם בלעם׃ וּבִלְעָ֛ם ובלעם לְבִלְעָ֑ם לְבִלְעָ֔ם לְבִלְעָ֥ם לְבִלְעָם֙ לבלעם bil‘ām ḇil‘ām bil·‘ām ḇil·‘ām bilAm lə·ḇil·‘ām ləḇil‘ām levilAm ū·ḇil·‘ām ūḇil‘ām uvilAm vilAm