BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1160
be.or — Beor
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.32; father of: Bela (H1106) § Beor = "burning" 1) father of Balaam 2) father of Bela, king of Edom
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1007
Bosor, Beōr — Beor
Βοσόρ see Βεώρ - ὁ, indecl. (Heb. בְּעוֹר), Beor, father of Balaam: 2Pe.2:15 (Rec. Βοσόρ).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1109
bil.am — Balaam
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.5; son of: Beor (H1160H) Also named: Balaam (Βαλαάμ "Balaam" G0903) § Balaam = "not of the people" the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy
57 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A torch. (1.) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:32). (2.) The father of Balaam (Num. 22:5; 24:3, 15; 31:8). In 2 Pet. 2:15 he is called Bosor.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
